I guess Gateway feels us mere mortals aren't competent enough to fix our own computers. I can't get the cover off to save my life. Guess I have to take it to one of their repair centers so they can blow out the dust. :-/
Maybe something else caused the x server problem? Katie --- Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whoops, wrong key. Let's try again. > > Katie, if you didn't change anything then it's probably a > hardware issue. CPU overheating is common if the heatsink > gets clogged with dust, or a fan fails. Take the cover off > and blow the dust out, and make sure all the fans are > working. > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 07:12 pm, Katie wrote: > > everything was fine, no problems, then I moved the mouse and the x > server > > shut down. every time I try to start it, it looks like it's about to > > start and then it shuts itself down with the usual "waiting for x > server > > to shut down" followed by the prompt. i'm not even getting any error > > messages. > > > > what happened and what can I do to fix this? > > > > Katie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech