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In calgary.general M wrote:
I would strip it down to the essentials; mb/cpu, vid card, ram, keyboard. Boot into XP while keeping the temp constant and see what happens. Try holding the machine at the BIOS promt and see if she crashes? Are you using any "no-name" RAM? All corsair. -- .................................................. ............................ "One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail" -Rabbi Ya'acov Perin in his eulogy at the funeral of mass murderer Baruch Goldstein .................................................. ............................ http://www.memeticcandiru.com |
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news:wD1wc.14494$jl6.13983@edtnps89... What's significant is HOW the power goes down. It isn't entirely spontaneous, but is preceded by a 2 second freeze, in which there is video on my monitor, but the computer is unresponsive. 2 seconds, later, it powers down. Video card . The same happened to me with an ATI all-in-one-wonder until I updated the driver . Good luck . |
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Dan Overes wrote: Eat Dirt wrote: You don't wanna hear my thoughts on this. Therefore I shall refer you to my sig and say no more. Kind of quick to jump on ole' Billy Gates considering the problem hasn't even been diagnosed to be hardware or software yet. Never let your prejudice blind you to other possibilities. Actually he said absolutely nothing about Bill Gates. He may well have been referring to hardware also, in which case the Mac still holds the advantage as a better quality of machine than the average future shop off-the-counter POS. -- "It's hard to argue with the [American] government. Remember, they run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, so they must know a thing or two about satisfying women." -Dilbert |
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 04:31:04 GMT, Black Jacque Shellacque
wrote: Actually he said absolutely nothing about Bill Gates. He may well have been referring to hardware also, in which case the Mac still holds the advantage as a better quality of machine than the average future shop off-the-counter POS. No agrement there, but for the price premium it sure as hell should. From a design standpoint, no question. They make some very nice stuff. And I'll be the first to admit OS X is pretty sweet, but if you're big into games, need access to the widest range of software or looking for the most computing power for your dollar, I'm not so sure they stack up. That being said, I'd happily take one of each. |
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In calgary.general catchmerevisited wrote:
Video card . The same happened to me with an ATI all-in-one-wonder until I updated the driver . Good luck . if that's the case, download from http://www.ati.com Is that where I get ati drivers from? -- .................................................. ............................ Beauty comes cheap in a wealthy country .................................................. ............................ http://www.memeticcandiru.com |
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In calgary.general An Unexploded Scotsman wrote:
Don't suppose you have "agp fast-write" (or something like that..can't check via terminal server as it's grayed out) checked under ATI's crazy control panel? That caused me some serious system stability issues and no performance increase. I unchecked it yesterday, and have enjoyed 24 crash-free hours. I had a suspicion it was video-card related... Will post again in a few days to update. -- .................................................. ............................ Beauty comes cheap in a wealthy country .................................................. ............................ http://www.memeticcandiru.com |
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In calgary.general veranda wrote:
wrote in message news:wD1wc.14494$jl6.13983@edtnps89... What's significant is HOW the power goes down. It isn't entirely spontaneous, but is preceded by a 2 second freeze, in which there is video on my monitor, but the computer is unresponsive. 2 seconds, later, it powers down. Video card . The same happened to me with an ATI all-in-one-wonder until I updated the driver . Updating my ATI driver(s) is about the last thing I want to do.... I've got a dual VGA-out w/tv, and it takes a lot of mussing and fussing to get it all to work together. Something I'd rather avoid if possible... -- .................................................. ............................ Tell people something they know already and they will thank you for it. Tell them something new and they will hate you for it. -George Monbiot .................................................. ............................ http://www.memeticcandiru.com |
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:38:27 GMT,
wrote: In calgary.general catchmerevisited wrote: Video card . The same happened to me with an ATI all-in-one-wonder until I updated the driver . Good luck . if that's the case, download from http://www.ati.com Is that where I get ati drivers from? ****. I've been sending away 24.95 for the free cd update. *g* |
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