Considering the possibility of a hardware problem, I would leave at least the slot next to the graphic card free (those cards generate heat) Lionel --- Ted Spradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:47:47 -0500 > "Karen Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > X will start. Gnome looks great. Leave it for some time and X will > > crash. Sometimes the mouse still works and you can gracefully > > shutdown, other times the system is completely frozen. Every time it > > crashes, there are vertical lines across the whole screen distorting > > the picture. The time to crash can be delayed somewhat by not > > allowing any screen saver to run. If a screen saver runs, the show's > > over. > > Sorry, that sure smells like a hardware problem to me. Most likely the > video board, but it could be most anywhere. What I would do in a case > like this is take the whole box completely apart, clean out all the dust > and debris, look for connectors that "just don't feel quite right", then > put it all back together. If that doesn't make it better, then you have > to start substituting parts, starting with the video board, then the > memory, then the motherboard. Good luck, you'll need it. > > BTW, Karen, it's really not nice to send an eight hundred thousand byte > message to a list like this. > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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