> > readers of this list will begin to think that this is my solution to > > every problem... well lately it has been! Check the > > powersupply. Apparently, after HD's, powersupplies are the most failure > > prone part of system. And they don't generally fail catastrophically, > > but slowly slide out of spec causing all kinds of hard-to-diagnose > > errors. I've had three machines lose a power supply in the last 6 > > months or so and they all manifested different symptoms. One machine > > would lock up hard without warning. the second one would just > > shutdown. the third one would start throwing DMA errors like yours > > followed by a hard lockup or, as the problem got worse, spontaneous > > reboots. In each case, it was a new power supply that solved the > > problem. > > I will go along with that, my workshop is full of discarded hard drives > and power supplies, waiting to go to be recycled. > The HD is definitely the part most likely to fail, followed by power > supplies, then cdrom, though these can often be cured by cleaning the > lens, lower down the list ram chips do go bad sometimes and a couple of > weeks ago I had to replace a video card for someone, blackouts and > lockups at random times....
And that CPU fan used to run at 5200 now lucky to get 4800 RPM. I'll put in a new one, a bigger one > > > oh, and get some backups done quick :) > > do them now, don't wait till tomorrow :) > Luckily, the disk if it is going has no Linux stuff on it. Pretty sure the cables are the problem with the disk but the power supply could also be. I need a backup scheme that is not stuffing 4 gig of continuguous disk space (which I only have on THAT disk) and then burning it all at once onto a DVD. Takes too long as well. Need something that will burn smaller chunks, progressively for a main backup and allow incrementals later on. I got the DVD for this purpose and have yet to succeed with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
