Can't see how hacking the machine could have anything to do with it.
For starters, I'm the only one that does anything to the machine. I do it by removing the HDD and plugging it into my computer. I haven't touched the HDD for some time now, long before we started having troubles.
ITG is just a computer. Any HDD contents, original, hacked, destroyed or otherwise wouldn't account for the computer doing nothing when booted. You should at least get a memory check and an oportunity to enter the BIOS settings. This is what makes me think motherboard.
I currently have two of the unworking motherboards at a repair place. They're capible of fixing board faults so we'll see how we go.
As for the machine, the day after I originally posted it worked fine all day. The next day it wouldn't boot no matter how many times we power cycled. Then since that day it's been okay, only freezing once. So weird how intermittant it is... |