Thanks for everybody's help and suggestions. In the end I bought a new
PC from ebuyer for £190. However the old PC has been running for 3 days
without the case cover and I am inclined to think that the problem could
be temperature related. I had ruled this out because it crashed shortly
after switching on on not particularly warm days.
However, thanks to James' reference to lm_sensors, I learnt about the
built in sensors and have installed the temperature monitoring applet
http://www.lucidtips.com/2009/06/06/monitor-cpu-and-hard-drive-temperatures-on-ubuntu-linux/.
I think that this could be very useful.
Thanks again, and good luck with your problem Lisi.
Roger
On 10/10/11 19:49, Roger Munford wrote:
> The motherboard on my PC is showing signs of failure and it is time
> for a replacement.
>
> Having very modest needs, I have in the past looked at Novatech's
> motherboard "bundles" with a built in video card.
>
> The one that looked suitable
> (http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/motherboardbundles/mbb-6204gb.html) has
> the Intel H61
> chipset. Whilst googling for compatibility issues with Ubuntu I didn't
> find much at all, not any "no problems" and a few "ongoing issues with
> Ubuntu 11.04"
>
> Does anybody have experience with the H61 or can anybody advise on a
> suitable basic machine, including case etc. I am quite keen on a low
> power machine, since I use it a lot.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger Munford
>
>
>
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