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If I had to hazard a guess.....

Posted by: Randy Welch on 2008-10-01 18:08:03
Account #: 1068

In Reply to: Help! code Red!! posted by jbchinoca on 2008-10-01 09:36:12

I'd bet you have a fan that is either dead or dying and the system is shutting itself down on thermal issues. (my $ is on the CPU fan)

-randy

03 RS6 Daytona/Silver/STaSIS Motorsport Suspension

And yes, my car returns the favor....

Help! code Red!! - jbchinoca 2008-10-01 09:36:12 (114 views)

<Update> Re: Help! code Red!! No biggie, the CPU fan had a broken mounting tab, - jbchinoca 2008-10-05 10:10:57 (26 views)

glad to hear you found it! - Randy Welch 2008-10-05 18:51:50 (13 views)

If I had to hazard a guess..... - Randy Welch 2008-10-01 18:08:03 (43 views)

Re: If I had to hazard a guess..... - jbchinoca 2008-10-01 21:53:40 (28 views)

The small battery is for you bios memory.... - Egil A64.2s - S6 2008-10-01 23:37:32 (29 views)

Re: The small battery is for you bios memory.... - jbchinoca 2008-10-02 06:08:35 (35 views)

Would it not do this after it had a chance to get hot not.. - Egil A64.2s - S6 2008-10-01 20:33:26 (23 views)

It does it right at startup. Sometimes it will get as far as the "Welcome" screeen, - jbchinoca 2008-10-01 22:10:15 (24 views)

Could be almost anything... - Egil A64.2s - S6 2008-10-01 23:32:42 (24 views)

I would if I could get it to stay on long enough. Can't even get it to let me into safe mode. :( - jbchinoca 2008-10-02 08:48:55 (18 views)

depending on how it's configured. - Randy Welch 2008-10-01 20:51:09 (21 views)

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