Hi :

I am going to take a shot in the dark on this one , and I COULD
most definitely be wrong , so anyone on this list is more than welcome to
correct me if I am ;)

'k7' sounds like an AMD system to me , and if that is the case , I'll wager
that
the problem has got nothing to do with your operating system or the
application layer.

I have an AMD Athlon system at home running Windows 98 ( tsk , tsk ). I use
this
computer for gaming , but even when the computer is not doing anything , it
shuts off
and reboots for no apparent reason. Just like that. I have had the PC
checked out from
top to bottom and everything looks OK. What's more , the PC hangs on quite a
consistent basis , sometimes even before it reads the BIOS. This makes my
self-indulgent
game playing more frustrating than relaxing ;)

I work for a software company that provides internet and time and attendance
solutions for
a variety of different clients , and one of our clients used an AMD system
for an exchange
server , and that company had the same types of hassles. After checking
everything from
RAM to hard drives , they replaced the entire motherboard with a PIII , and
the problems
dissappeared forever.

The moral of the story : Don't run anything important on an AMD machine.
They are great
on performance , but crappy on stability. Go for an Intel Pentium processor
instead. They
are more expensive , but worth the lolly.

Regards , Jason Dale

----- Original Message -----
From: "vvor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: system shutting down, etc.


> my system is shutting down on its own.
>
> k7sem
> 300w psu
> 390+ ram
>
> three times in 24 hours, it just suddenly shut off. then, when rebooting,
it
> says to fsck manually. then, when i ok this, it asks me about all these
really
> really intuitive i_node blocks and bad sectors continually. naturally, i
have
> all the i_nodes memorized on my computer.
>
> i booted to cmos mode, left it running for a while without problems (no
> shutdown).
>
> before i build a new computer, i was wondering if this could be a virus.
does
> anyone know of a virus that can shut down, like pulling the power out? or
is
> this a motherboard problem?
>
> lost and confused,
> vora
>
>
>
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