Hi Harry,
On Thursday 12 May 2005 4:59 pm, you wrote:
> This unplanned and unscheduled hibernation continues to occur when
> the machine is running a resource intense task for a lengthy
> period. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Harry
Since nobody has taken you up on this one.............
Get hold of a copy of "Memtest" memtest.org. Run that for a while
and make sure that there are no errors. Do at least a few passes.
Overnight is good.
Report back and we will move on !
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McPeak, Harry D.
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:42 PM
> > To: 'Win9x'
> > Subject: HARD: two separate problems, I think. Freezing screen
> > and ? random hibernation
> >
> > XP-Pro w/ auto-update enabled, running on Intel 845WN MB
> >
> > 1. When running lengthy process, such a s full system scan w/
> > NAV , at some point the screen goes to black and nothing
> > responds; appears to hibernate. I need to restart. Hibernate is
> > enabled to work with my battery backup but is set to "never" for
> > frequency. Since the machine is completely non-responsive is
> > there any way I can tell if it actually is in hibernation?
> > Either way, any thoughts on how I can prevent this?
> >
> > 2. When running a full backup (Dantz-Maxtor Express HD) the
> > system will freeze up and needs to be rebooted. The cursor locks
> > up and the icon motion stops. CPU usage is not unusually high
> > when this happens; don't know about other resources. This is not
> > like some situations where machine appears sluggish and responds
> > in a herky-jerky fashion (cursor may freeze momentarily but then
> > starts moving again). Once in a while this freeze appears to be
> > connected to cursor movement; ok so long as I don't do anything
> > but when I attempt to move the cursor the system freezes.
> >
> > Sorry for rambling but obviously I don't have any understanding
> > of what's happening.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Harry
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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