it would probably not be worth shipping across the sea, but i have a 5k25 
here that would love a good home. 
one thing to try is to thoroughly clean off the mobo. i had a 5k240 once
that wouldnt power up at all. as a last resort i took it apart and cleaned
everything off.. when i put it together again, it worked. spooky, but dirt
can be your worst enemy!

isildur

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 nemholt_jf@tsm.es wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> My 5000/25 crashes quite often. I think I've ruled out the 4*8 MB RAM I
> have, since it crashes at the prompt even without any RAM.
> I've disconnected the graphic card, the floppy disk, the harddisk and the
> AUI to 10-Base-2 NIC converter. Still crashes.
> All chips in socket has been given an extra squeeze. Still crashes.
> 
> It's not temperature related. Sometimes it happens just a few seconds after
> turning the machine on, and sometimes it'll run fine for several hours.
> 
> Any idea about what's wrong ?
> 
> I assume some hardware defect on the motherboard...which probably means :
> Anyone want to sell a 5000/25 motherboard or CPU board ;-?
> 
> 
> /Jesper
> 
>