On Friday 21 Feb 2003 10:06 am, Poogle wrote: > For some time my partner's company were experiencing system crashes using > Win98/2000, I persuaded them to install MD 8.0 on one lesser used PC to > hopefully eliminate the problem. > It didn't work as I expected, the MD PC didn't crash but sufferred from > random screen freezes. > As the building takes it's electricity from a sub-station shared with an > industrial unit which uses fairly heavy electric motors I suspected the > power supply to the building was to blame and suggested a good UPS - they > didn't take up this suggestion but about a year on they had a new network > installed which is protected by a UPS. > Now to the point, yesterday while typing an e mail the screen froze on the > standalone MD system but the recently installed network which runs through > a new UPS was unaffected. About 1-2 mins later an employee noticed that the > clock on the wall was running backwards. > I think this confirms my doubts about the building's power supply but > before I recommend investigation in this area I would appreciate any > thoughts.
We used to have a factory and office running fairly heavy machinery and situated next to a power sub-station. We had the network on a UPS which reported spikes, dips, brown-outs and the like. They were much more frequent than the power companies would have you believe. In fact when I mentioned brown-outs to the power company they asked me sharply who I had been talking to - we're not supposed to know about them, it seems. Yes, I think you are right to suspect power in this situation. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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