[Bradford] Apologies and some advice please

[Andy Coulson]

Thanks Mike,

I'll take a look at cougar.



On 18 May 2014 14:14, Mike <mike.goodman at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Andy,
>
> I bought a Zoostorm and had to send it back due to it being entirely 'Doze
> compliant to the point of being anti-Linux. The reason I bought was because
> I had made the same assumption as you! Although it wasn't Amazon I bought
> from. Avoid.
>
> I bought my latest box from cougar-extreme.co.uk who take the trouble to
> listen and will check components for compatibility with what you want. Very
> Linux friendly. Carriage is expensive because they insist on full insurance
> of your purchase but otherwise highly competitive. They're in Bulwell,
> Notts and I took a drive down there to meet them.
>
> HTH.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 18/05/14 10:12, Andy Coulson wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm afraid I can't make Monday’s meeting due to pressures of work.
>> Partly this is due to my PC giving up the ghost, which is where the
>> advice comes in...
>>
>> It is not powering up and I suspect the Power supply or front on/off
>> switch, but fear it's the motherboard.  Nothing happens when I apply
>> power except a feint whistling noise. The front button does nothing.
>> When I switch off at the rear sometimes the fans spin briefly -
>> presumably from caps discharging, so power is getting into and out of
>> the PSU.  The plug fuse is also ok.  Any suggestions?  Is it worth me
>> ordering a Power supply?
>>
>> I need to solve this quickly (ie I reallly don't want to build a machine
>> at the moment - software installation is fine as it can run it whilst I
>> work on another machine) so I looked replacements. Amazon are doing
>> Zoostorm boxes with no OS and no monitor which sounds ideal.  Has anyone
>> had any experience with these? I will probably install Linux Mint.  Also
>> any thoughts on AMD vs Intel for compatibility?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andy
>>
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