On Friday 16 December 2005 05:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *snip* > > I am at my wits' end, the hardware chappie as usual is no help. > I've run > memtest but with no errors coming up. > > I can provide any more info as required. > > regards, > > Sharukh.
Ok, this is the procedure I would follow to determine whether my hardware is really failing or are any of the kernel modules / drivers corrupt. (Guys, please forgive me and dont flame me for what I am about to say) Boot into windows and stress your computer as much as possible. Do similar problems occur? If not, then get yourself a Knoppix live CD and run it. Check it out the performance? Do the problems occur? Try installing a couple of other distros like Debian (stable) and Slackware. Fedora Core isn't renowned for its stability. In FC3 they released Xorg modules with one specific module corrupt. It was the i810 module. IMHO Debian wouldn't do such a thing. If Windows and all other distros exhibit the "crashy" behavior then some hardware part is failing. Then you can start swapping parts. First remove all "extra" hardware from your system (graphic cards, network cards, etc...). Boot the barebone system and try it out. Does everything work fine for atleast a day? If so, start adding 1 part at a time and test again. The moment the crashy behavior returns then you can conclude that either the part is faulty OR it is conflicting with something on your motherboard thus causing the crashy behavior. To eliminate the first possibility replace it with the same / similar part. If the behavior goes away, then well your part was faulty. If not then that particular piece of hardware is conflicting with something on your motherboard. To determine what exactly is it conflicting with, you need to investigate yourself. Remember, if everything else fails then your problem is most likely your motherboard. Believe me, I have had my share of weird problems and at a point you will find that nobody other than you can solve it. This is my experience talking. I remember the 36 days that took me to solve my "ghost startup" problem and it was with a brand new system! :| BTW I am assuming that you dont have any heating issues. Good luck! -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
