Jim McCloskey wrote:
I wrote:
|> One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly |> locking completely ............. |> |> But does anyone know of ways to work on a |> problem such as this? |> |> I'd be really grateful for any tips or pointers.
Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> Get a copy of lnx-bbc, and run memtest86 from it. These sorts of |> things are almost certainly memory or CPU-related.
Thanks very much to all who offered suggestions.
I ran memtest86 on the system, and it crashed (froze) in the middle of Test#5, without having reported any errors.
If I understand right, this probably means that there is a problem with the CPU and/or the motherboard.
Sigh .... seems like it's time for the axe that Silvan and John Summerfield recommended,
Don't forget the switch. We don't want you dying a shocking death on us!
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