Re: How to diagnose this one ?

Conor wrote:
In article <0QEJg.531$WV2.407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Simon says...
Hi there,
OK, last weekend collected a PC from a customer who says it's powering down all on it's own and has finally corrupted the hard disk so it won't boot again.
I did the usual repair stuff and got the system up and running again. I suspected the power supply, cooling etc but all seem to be fine. Spent a day trying to get it to fail but nothing. Customer has had the PC back 5 days and is on his way round to drop it off as it has started happening again! ideas anyone ??

Yeah...he's got a faulty wall socket. If it works fine at yours but packs up at his house then it's most likely a problem with his home wiring.



That's occurred to me as well, hey ho I'll let it run for another 24 hours here I guess :)
cheers conor,
simon
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