On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> somebody tell me if I'm wrong but I think paging has to do with virtual
> memory.
>
> As such your problem could be hardware related, bad ram or bad blocks on the
> drive. there are probly utilities to test these but I don't konw what they
> are.
>
> good luck,
> G
>
>
> on 6/11/00 10:46 AM, Necrotica wrote:
>
> > Lately my computer has been hanging solid every few hours. Not only is this
> > annoying but it has resulted in lost data and file corruption.
> >
I believe it's (like a lot of things that software gets blamed
for).. hardware related. Smells like heat to me. Try taking your
case cover off (blow away the dust bunnies) and point a desk/table
fan directly at your system's inards, particularly the cpu. If the
problems subside, heats your problem. You most likely need to
improve case ventilation and/or cpu cooling. 'Specially if it's a
ready made (Dell, Gateway, ....;-) Ram would most likely be the
next culprit. Try re-seating the ram stick(s) and if there's still
a problem, run a diagnostic like 'memtest86' or 'cpuburn', both run
from a floppy. If the system fails either one, your hardware sux.
Next would be the HDD's. Go to the manufacturer's web page and D/L
the diagnostic(s) there.
If all that fails, start reading alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
to see if any of your hardware is worth keeping ;->>>>
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.. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
