If it is a hardware issue then a switch to Linux will not help, however if you can determine that it is a software issue then you should go to Linux as it will not crash on you like Windows will. Having said that I used to have a machine with a Cyrex i686 chip that would reboot itself. We tried installing an extra CPU fan, but it didn't help and the chip would still overheat and reboot. The only fix was to replace it with a Pentium.
Jesse Quoting Graham monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All > Hope you dont object too stronly to this post, > but I think it is hardware related and I > know ther is a lot of knowledge on this list. > Our computers are running MYOB and an Access > database on Win98. The files and printing are done > from one computer. Every so often this machine reboots. > This usually happens when given several documents to print. > It is 1Ghz with 256MB RAM Dell. > I AM working on a switch to Linux. > I have tried replacing the power supply, > Switching the RAM > Increasing the cooling (twice) > It does not always correlate to printing > It does not allways correlate to heat, but does seem to occur > more frequently when hot and when printing. > Any suggestions other chuck them all out and replace with Linux? > ( Which will happen when I can get a viable replacement running) > Thanks > Graham > > >
