Re: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-05 Thread Keith G. Murphy
John Reinke wrote: Yet another problem I've had that you reminded me of - the CPU fan will occasionally speed up and slow down. I've seen it stop almost completely, too. Sometimes, it makes a nasty rattling sound, but it seems to be attached well enough to the CPU that it shouldn't fall

Re: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread Scott_Patterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/01/2000 12:08:02 PM This is scary. I had a problem similar to this on my old work computer. Netscape would crash all the time, xterms wouldn't start, library errors, compiling errors, ftp checksums incorrect, etc. The system never crashed but was very unreliable.

Re: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is scary. I had a problem similar to this on my old work computer. Netscape would crash all the time, xterms wouldn't start, library errors, compiling errors, ftp checksums incorrect, etc. The system never crashed but was very unreliable.

RE: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread Larry Elmore
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is scary. I had a problem similar to this on my old work computer. Netscape would crash all the time, xterms wouldn't start, library errors, compiling errors, ftp checksums incorrect, etc. The system never crashed but was very unreliable. Turns out the memory

RE: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Larry Elmore wrote: Did you try replacing the power supply? This sounds suspiciously like an almost-good power supply. That is one item that one should _never_ skimp on, but a lot of low-end clones do to save a few bucks. Of course, there's other possible causes. My wife's

RE: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread Larry Elmore
From: John Reinke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Larry Elmore wrote: Did you try replacing the power supply? This sounds suspiciously like an almost-good power supply. That is one item that one should _never_ skimp on, but a lot of low-end clones do to save a few bucks.