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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

Thanks, that was very helpful.  Certain models of DFI ,including ours, 
from 1997, play Fur Elise as a warning message if:

cpu has problems (bent pin, not seated, etc)
cpu is overheating due to fan problems (no fan, broken fan...)
power supply voltage or wattage too low esp if AMD or Cyrix cpus (we have 
Intel in this computer but AMD and Cyrix in two others and have heard the 
tune a few times before)

Shortly before the concert started, my partner stuck a hard drive in the 
computer temporarily (while trying to get the dead one working) and it hit 
the fan and made noises.  I have asked him to replace the fan.  When I 
turned on the computer the fan did not go on.

I am told that the hard drive which died had nothing to do with my running 
SVGALib with the wrong settings, it was dying anyway.  I do recall the 
CMOS sometimes not finding that drive, previously.  Can linux crashing 
actually damage a hard drive?

Does anyone know how to fix an NEC monitor that keeps going black for a 
few seconds?  It was given to us with a different problem (one of the 
control buttons stuck).  Blacks out for 1/2 to 3 seconds, including just 
now.  17", 1600 res, and we just gave away the two reliable ones to 
friends in their 80s who could not see the smaller screens and I need one 
working one for work.  The blanking is getting worse as I leave it on 
longer (twice while typing this sentence).  Expanding solder joint or bad 
component?  It is not off more often than on.

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Theo Perry wrote:
> Have a look at
> http://www.dfiusa.com/support/music.htm
> which explains the music playing
>
> Theo
>
>
>
> > Does anyone know why the computer where we replaced the hard drive and 
> > reformatted a new one played Fur Elise endlessly after that until I turned 
> > it off?  Is there some way to turn off a PC speaker via software?  It has 
> > done this on other occasions.  Perhaps a joke on the part of a designer?
> >
> > Sindi
>
>
> >
>
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