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RE: [PLUG] Computer Problems
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Title: RE: [PLUG] Computer Problems
What is your mean time between failure? Can you effect it by what you are
running x11 versus command line?
I would suggest removing all peripheral devices, in order to isolate the
faulty component. I would strip your system down to the bear minimum required
to boot. Motherboard + Harddrive + keyboard + monitor.
Remove any modems, NICs, floppies, basically remove all peripheral devices.
Then add them back 1 by 1, running your system long enough for the lockup to
appear.
This kind of shotgunning approach has not been required since most PCI peripherals
implement PnP correctly, and most BIOS\OS do a good job of configuring PnP peripherals.
This was the only way to resolve hardware conflicts is the bad old ISA days.
Are you using any ISA cards or cheap PCI peripherals like a $20 sound card?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Naresh Reddy [mailto:nyg102@psu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:35 AM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Computer Problems
>
>
> I updated my bios, but I still experience the freeze. I am
> going to swapo
> the HD next. I don't think its the floppy drive problem. My
> assumption is
> the HD.
>
> Naresh
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> Naresh Reddy
> nyg102@psu.edu
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/nyg102
> -----------------------------------
>
> On 3 Mar 2002, Michael Leone wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 17:42, Naresh Reddy wrote:
> > > Where can I find a Windows 98 Bootdisk? I need this
> bootdisk to run my
> > > BIOS configurator (which I downloaded).
> >
> > <http://www.bootdisk.com>
> >
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