Re: Fw: install freezing
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Jeff Reed wrote:
JR> the freezing is truly odd...
JR>
JR> note that i DO have win98 se installed and it seems to work fine.
JR>
JR> the freezing problem is quite random...it seems to occur at very random
JR> intervals. sometimes, the install (whether it's deb, freebsd, mandrake) goes
JR> just fine. then, once i log in, even in good ol' CLI mode, the system
JR> suddenly freezes and i can't even type! yikes! so, lo and behold, i think
JR> it's prolly my computer...it's been acting really weird lately. for
JR> instance, today, i turned the sucker on and i had to restart twice because
JR> the BIOS wasn't even showing up! ARGH!
cpu getting hot could explain the freezes, pop the case and look if the fan on
cpu heatsink is still spinning, those things have bad habbit of getting slowed
down by dust accumulated over the time. You can remedy that by removing the
fan, peeling off the sticker on the bottom and dropping a drop of oil in the
cavity, spinning the blades around by finger few times until the fan turns
loosely again, and then replacing the sticker on the bottom of the fan or
sealing the opening with square of black tape, if you leave it open, the dust
will have easier way in and in few weeks you'll be back to square one.
if your cpu is in zif socket, make sure that there is a good connection between
the cpu and the heat sink, rat shack sells tubes of heatsink grease for a buck
or so ..
Dingo.
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