On 04/07/2010 05:18 PM, Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm having problems with a new system and it appears to be Linux rather than
> hardware since I've been running for about 2 days now with Win XP SP2
> installed on the same hardware.
>
> It's a MSI P41-C31 motherboard with an Intel Core2 Duo E7500 processor. I'm
> using a PCI Express SPARKLE SFPX84GS256U2LP GeForce 8400 GS video card.
>
> I experience complete hangs (no key presses acknowledged, system not
> pingable) almost randomly but moreso when using Video. For example, trying
> to boot into graphical mode will hang almost immediately. Text console will
> hang within 1/2 hour or less.
>
> I've swapped the video card with another computer (it works fine there) and
> also tried different power supplies and hard drives. Most recently I've
> installed Windows XP SP3 on the same computer and it's been running for about
> 2 days now without problems. So, this seems to be a linux issu.
>
> I've tried increasing the PCI-Express bus speed from 100 to 105 and it will
> run a little longer before crashing with video, but appears to create some
> other instability. So, this is not an acceptable solution.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to resolve this? The RMA Hell
> is killing me. :-(
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
Please post the output of dmesg and the contents of /var/log/messages .
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