Re: BIOS boot problem

On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:56:34 -0400, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:

>. If the board is extremely dirty, if
>you're a smoker and the board is coated in tar plus
>dust, that's a pretty good test of a design to external
>challenges. I don't smoke, and yet I've had two boards fail.
>Someone I've worked with continuously for a while, he is a
>pipe smoker, and yet his stuff still works. So we cannot
>conclude that smoking is a death sentence for electronics,
>but it does affect cooling fans and heatsink surfaces
>(stuff will run a bit warmer).

Hmmm...          when I changed the CMOS battery I cleaned off the
rear fan grills. They were FULL of dust. Since then I've had only one
hang. I just blew the MB off just now. Here's hoping. Nope I don't
smoke.