Thanks also to Kirk. John
----- Original Message ----
From: Kirk Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:16:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 21:18 -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> John Lichter wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> >
> >
> > I wouldn't have a clue about how to do what you said. John
> OK, when the system is first booting up, right after the
> manufacturer's splash screen (if any), it says :
> GRUB loading, please wait...
>
> Hit ESC at that time, and you get a menu. Generally the last
> item on the menu is the Memtest86 program, just hit the down
> arrow key to highlight that entry and hit return. This
> diagnostic will run forever if it finds no errors, otherwise it
> will list what it has found wrong, at a fairly technical level.
> But, what you are looking for is the presence or absence of
> error reports. It may also be that your BIOS settings have
> gotten corrupted, or that someone overclocked the computer for
> gaming, and the settings are not correct for proper operation.
> Most BIOS setup screens have some option to return all settings
> to default, you might try that if you haven't made any special
> settings for specific hardware compatibility.
>
> Jon
Just in case, I have had harddisks fail with similar symptoms in the
original post.
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Kirk Wallace (California, USA
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Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe,
Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now,
Zubal lathe conversion pending
Craftsman AA 109 restoration
Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC)
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