I wrote:
|> One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly
|> locking completely .............
|>
|> But does anyone know of ways to work on a
|> problem such as this?
|>
|> I'd be really grateful for any tips or pointers.
Thomas Adam <thomas@edulinux.homeunix.org> wrote:
|> Get a copy of lnx-bbc, and run memtest86 from it. These sorts of
|> things are almost certainly memory or CPU-related.
Thanks very much to all who offered suggestions.
I ran memtest86 on the system, and it crashed (froze) in the middle of
Test#5, without having reported any errors.
If I understand right, this probably means that there is a problem
with the CPU and/or the motherboard.
Sigh .... seems like it's time for the axe that Silvan and John
Summerfield recommended,