Somehow I seriously doubt that those FEW reboots hurt your machine.
You'd have to reboot thousands of times a day, for days on end, to
notice any hardware failure due to THAT. More likely, you have a
single bad piece of hardware, or a combination of hardware that that
doesn't work. As for the fuzzy video - which OS is it in? Have you
done a self test on the monitor? All kinds of things can happen.
I work as tech spt for a world wide manufacturer of computers, and
I've found that most errors are of the One Delta Ten Tango varity.
Video problems under MS are usually from installing something that
wants a certain video mode.
Don't blame a standard thing (rebooting) for hardware failure. I used
to reboot my machine on a daily basis (usually 3-4 times, minimum)
under MS, and never once caused a hardware failure over a couple of
years. You can't tell me you've rebooted more times in a few weeks
than I did in a few years.
</soapbox>
Ty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/24/99, 11:33:46 AM, "Lovister LJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding [newbie] unsupported! try your luck!:
> Hi,
> I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to
install
> it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first
> I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of
hardware out
> there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems.
> My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk,
> Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of
this
> combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except
for a
> few.
> After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version
> driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence
> $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks
after that
> the hardware went kaput one by one.
> Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally
my
> graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800).
This of
> course will need about $300 to replace.
> However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake
> wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to
> adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't
remember just
> how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the
probable
> tear and wear of my machine.
> So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn
> potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential
dangers
> here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by
Mandrake
> 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me.
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