On 2/11/05 21:37, Andy Collins wrote:
In order, I'd suspect memory and the IDE cable but another thought strikes me.
Could it be overheating in some way? Over the years I've seen this with one or
two machines of various vintages.
This is a good point. I opened up my B&W last week and the amount of
crud on and around the fan was a bit alarming. Check that all the fans
are working too - I've had a couple of PCs where the CPU-fan failed but
you could usually tell because before the machine crashed there'd
usually be a faint aroma not unlike garden fertilizer :-)
On one occasion I supported a DEC Microvax that would crash when it got hot. I
managed to keep it running for a couple of weeks by routing air from the air
con directly onto it's motherboard while a replacement was found. The only
thing suitable I could lay my hands on at the time was a black bin bag and a
roll of parcel tape. Boy did it look odd. It did keep the development team
running though so several brownie points were earned :-)
As someone who enjoys (and earns a living) keeping old hardware/software
running beyond its best before date, I salute you ;-)
Neil
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