[Rich-M]

Try a different power cord, outlet or power strip.

[uscgdavis]

I removed the power cord, checked for damage, and plugged it into a different outlet. Still no success. Anyone else?

[avisitor]

Do you have a multimeter? If so, measure the voltage on the pinouts of the PSU. They should be withing 7% of the rated voltages. How did it look when you booted into DSL? Were the colors normal?

[Rich-M]

Try a different power cord, you cannot see damage in one.

[uscgdavis]

Hmmm... My girlfriend's an electrician, I can probably snag a voltometer or multimeter. As far as the DSL goes, I can't boot from CD at startup! It's weird and I don't know why. I have flashed BIOS to the most recent version, but when I try, it says 'this drive is unaccessible' or something to that extent.

[uscgdavis]

Ok... I figured out the DSL thing. I had burned the ISO file to CD wrong.

DSL began to boot, I saw the penguins and it started it's boot sequence,

But...
________________________
giving up.
Xinit: no such file (Errno2) Unable to connect to X server.
(Errno3) Server error.
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I have no manner of luck. Had to turn off computer and reload in windows.

[avisitor]

Sorry, I kind of forgot about this thread:

Errors connecting to the X server mean problems with the graphics subsystem. X is the graphics system for Linux/Unix systems.