hmmmm I have the complete opposite. On one machine it would spazmodically crash on me in windows leaving a black screen. I hold down the power button for several seconds to reboot the machine. With Mandrake 8.0 I was experienced extended uptime and I could still play alot of the games I wanted, under winex Now with mandrake 9.0 I have the same problems with my machine as it was Windows.
To me, even though it's highly unlikely it sounds like faulty hardware. I have taken my machine to various "Computer experts" in the area of Campbelltown. (I should call them computer cowboys) Hoping they know more than myself component level and $300 less in my pocket, my conclusion is faulty hardware somewhere. Remeber your local computer shop "expert" will not know about linux they are just minor gumbies with the I.Q of a gold fish. Especially when they have a MCP after their names ;-) This may seem crazy but my adventures this month just seems so. I replaced my motherboard [1] to which it decided to crash regularly. Thus I went to investigate a possible cause: bad sectors [2], in which I managed to kill 30GB of useful data. The crashes are still occuring, and *ONLY* in Linux. My dusty ECI Client only using Windows 2000 partition has survived, which is now assisting me PuTTying. Prior applying a drastic weight plan on my hard drive my system regularly locked up and crash on Linux (post new motherboard). Although that partition is flattend, I still jump into knoppix (and variants) and experince lock ups. I was just using Knoppix to use my TV Card, and it decided to lock up, I left it locked and ran to the TV to finish whatever I was watching. Came back my system off and wouldn't power on... on closer inspection, a nice smell from the PSU. I think PSU's have a timer to allow power after a certain time as I am using it now. Now is it my motherboard not being nice to my existing PSU, or does the PSU need to leave. The PSU is 5 months old (300W). A decision I have to make tomorrow as I visit the local PC shop. [1] http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2004/03/msg00171.html [2] http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2004/03/msg00200.html -- Simon Males <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Let them hate, so long as they fear" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
