I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on my second PC several times
over the past few weeks using various configurations and it
always crashes hard within a few minutes of use. After a
few minutes the vertical edges of windows become distorted
(slightly 'wavy') shortly after that the whole machine
hangs, requiring a hard reset. (No programs respond, CTRL-
ALT-BACKSPACE doesn't kill X, Oddly I *can* move the mouse
pointer but it doesn't do anything...) It makes *Windows*
look like a paragon of stability!
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 using the same CDs on another
computer with similar hardware. It runs great on the other
computer.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might try to
get this working?
Thanks in advance.
Here's a quick rundown of the hardware:
* SOYO SY-5EH5 motherboard
* AMD K6/2 350MHz processor
* 1x128MB 100ns SDRAM DIMM
* EIDE CD-ROM (Secondary Master)
* Sony CD-R (Secondary Slave)
* Maxtor 15GB EIDE (Primary Master)
* Matrox Mystique PCI 4MB video
* Sony 200sx monitor
* Kingston (DEC 21041 based) 10Mbps Ethernet card
* Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Plug & Play
* Seagate/Connor QIC-3020 TR3 floppy-based tape drive
* Connor 2MB tape drive controller (floppy-based)
* 2x USB ports (VIA chipset, on motherboard)
* Epson Color Stylus 860 printer (hooked up via USB)
* Standard Serial/Parallel ports.
* Supra 33.6 external modem (COM1)
* 1.44MB floppy
* generic 104 key Keyboard
* MS Intelimouse (wheel) ps/2 bus
