On Thursday 19 February 2004 04:23 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2004 03:44 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: > > Below is my original post I had posted back to the list > > that it was fixed but it is not and I don't have any idea > > where to go. I would really like to use Linux but if I can't > > keep it up (alright no one say it is a personal problem) IT > > DOESN'T DO ME MUCH GOOD. > > I see you have an nforce2 board. Have you tried installing > the drivers available from the nvidia website. Also, you > don't say what your vid card is. This definitely sounds like > a hardware problem though. > > > What I have done was to add the acpi=off to the append > > line it was acpi=ht then I rebooted again after doing > > /sbin/lilo/. The machine then stayed up for over 18hrs but I > > only had the desktop open with no application running. I am > > going to try that again and see if it stays up. It's kind of > > hard to just let it sit there and not do anything. It seems > > like it might not be power management because it has locked > > up while I was using it and not just after setting doing > > nothing but last night at was after I left the room to eat > > dinner. > > > > I have also checked all logs from Configure you machine/logs > > in MCC and there is absolutly nothing that would indicate a > > problem. > > > > I also posted a ps -A and someone verified that there were > > no ACPI processes running. > > > > Don't know where else to look. > > > > Steve > > Linux user number 344404 > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Steve Kaufman > > Date: 02/17/04 15:46:20 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: PC locks up solid. Power off buton won't even work > > > > Help please, > > > > This is going to be a real challange. I have installed MD9,2 > > a couple of weeks ago. Some of the people on this list have > > been very wonderfull in helping me to overcome some very > > simple but perplexing problems for a newbie > >
<SNIP> > * System Summary * > > ******************** > > Motherboard - ASUS - A7N8X - Delux version 2.0 > > Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+ 2.0 GHz > > (2500+ overclocked I have run in at 2500 and still happens. > > I have had it at 2700 in > > windows forever and no problems) > > BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG > > Phoenix-Award BIOS v6 00PG, 05/14/03 > > Bus Type: PCI, ISA, USB > > Ports: 1 Parallel, 2 Serial > > Memory: 512 MB (42% Utilized) GEIL 400MHZ > > PC3200 Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB > > Hard Disks: 16.95 GB, 16.95 GB, 114.50 GB, 12.66 > > GB Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM > > Video: 800 x 600 in 64K Colors, NVIDIA > > GeForce FX 5200 Ver. 6.14 128meg - This is really a leadtek A340 card. > > LAN 3Com 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet > > Controller NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller < <SNIP> > > Any help would be appreciated. > > What info would be helpful from LINUX? > > > > > > Steve > > Linux user number 344404 Greg, will check the nvida site. for the motherboard correct not the vid card.
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