Timothy J. Massey wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:03:30 +0200 (MET DST), Ulrich Weigand wrote:
>
> >Interestingly enough, after a triple fault my computer doesn't
> >even boot properly; it starts to boot, but then crashes somewhere
> >inside the BIOS ... No idea how that can happen :-/
>
> I've had that happen. Actually, even worse: I rebooted the computer (CAD),
> and it locked up. I did it again, it locked up. So, I hit the power
> button. Not the reset button, the power button. Turned it off for about 3
> seconds, powered it back up. MY COMPUTER LOCKED UP. Not during the boot.
> In the BIOS.
>
> At that point, I was scared. I turned off the computer and watched my watch
> for a full 30 seconds. Turned it on. It worked fine......
Happened to me once, too... unfortunately, in my case it stopped
working again pretty rapidly and stayed that way. Turned out
something has blown on the motherboard (probably overheated),
which only affects the sound card... when I pulled out the
sound card, it worked fine :).
Ramon
