maggior;366561 Wrote: > Wow, that's beat. Since you had a prior machine die in a similar > fashion, could there be something in the environment that the machines > are in that is causing these failures? Excessive heat? Dust? > Moisture?
I was worried about heat when the first one croaked and wound up giving in and spending a mint to have dedicated air conditioning installed upstairs (it would get pretty horrible up there in Summer). I don't think moisture is an issue, though I suppose dust could be. I gave the troubled machine a good suck 'n' blow, but that didn't help. maggior;366561 Wrote: > How long did you run memtest? You may want to have it run overnight or > something. I had a machine that crashed periodically and started > failing to copy files within Windows Explorer properly. Imagine > copying files from one directory to another and suddenly the md5 checks > fail! It turned out to be bad memory and memtest had to run overnight > to show the failures. I let memtest run a few hours with no issues, then tried a couple other things: I booted Ubuntu off a live CD and let it go for a couple hours without any trouble. Then I ran the computer for several days in Windows "Safe Mode with Networking", which also worked without any drama, though the forced low screen resolution makes it difficult or even impossible to do some things. I think it's a Windows problem, but since the only fix would likely be to reinstall Windows and start from scratch, I just bought a new computer. It's pathetic, but I just couldn't be without Quicken. Once I'm sure I've gotten everything off the old machine that I need, I'm going to set it up to run Ubuntu and connect it to the VGA input on my TV. Thanks for your suggestions! -- atrocity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55750 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
