On 30/09/2008, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the subject of hard drives - it could well be a dodgy hard drive,
That wouldn't cause MEMTEST to fail, so I really don't think it is a hard drive issue. My suspicion would be on overheating and memory. Open up the case and ensure all components are firmly seated down. Then use a vaccuum cleaner to suck out all the dust, particularly from the heat sinks. Then try running the machine with the case open, and check to see that all the fans are spinning. Second, if you have two memory modules, pull one out and try running with the remaining one on its own. Then shut down, swap over the modules and run again. If it runs with one but not the other, you now know which is faulty. Finally see if you can swap the CPU and graphics card out for another (friend's?) known-good CPU & GPU. If that doesn't crash, you know your CPU or GPU is faulty; test each in turn. If after all that you haven't identified the problem, suspect the motherboard or PSU. -- Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
