On Tuesday 20 September 2005 00:56, Kris Kerwin wrote: > Dave, > > Yup. Had a feeling that you might be right about that one. > > It seems that the computer will still crash, but certainly not as often. My > guess: there is a bigger problem that is aggravated when the computer is > under more stress; ie: tracking excessive amounts of kernel complaints, > etc. I've also noticed difficulties with the sound system and have had the > computer crash a number of times when playing music (could be the media > player or the sound system itself, but I still think that the problem is > bigger yet). > > Ideas for a next step? Is there more information that I can submit to > <hopefully> throw out the possibility of a hardware problem, or to > determine which piece of hardware is at fault? > > well, at first, let memtest86(+) run for some hours.
second, check that your box does not get too hot. Crashes on stress are mostly overheating or PSU going bad. third, try a different PSU - the manufacturers like to use the cheapest components for this almost most important part of a computer, if possible try another one. fourth, check your board and cards for 'funny looking' condensators - like deformation, round tops, or even some brown 'dirt' at their base. -- [email protected] mailing list
