On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:57:26AM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Michael Hennebry wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Nov 2013, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> Michael Hennebry wrote: > >>> The computer is a DakTEch Freedom 4 P4 DDR System. > >>> The system board is a D865GBFL w/LAN,audio & video > >>> Processor Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz 800FSB > >>> I got it in 2006. > >> <snip> > >> It is getting long in the tooth. (I'm about to replace my m/b of the > >> same vintage at home.) > > > > Ouch. > > $200+ before installation, > > and I'd still have a computer some Linuxes don't like. > > Expensive board. Is this at home? I got a Gigabyte board and Core I-3 > combo at MicroCenter for under $200, I think. "Installation"? Hey, we're > sysadmins, we build our own systems! <g> > > > > On Mon, 25 Nov 2013, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Michael Hennebry > >> <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > >>>>> Keep an eagle eye on dmesg and the logs. If you can, bring > >>>> machine down and run memtest86 for a few hours (say, when you go to > >>> > >>> I've run the memory test that comes with the Fedora 13 install disk. > >>> My computer's memory got a clean bill of health. > >> > >> I've seen a machine where it took 3+ days of running memtest86 to > >> catch the error. And then after replacing the RAM, the machine still > > > > Clean bill from memtest86 running overnight. > > The memory is the newest part of the computer. > > After rebooting, it crapped out twice in half an hour. > > After that, I went back to F14. > <snip> > If the memory looks good, and the disk looks good, the only two things > left are either the CPU or the m/b. I don't remember from earlier in the or the power supply... > thread - do you have a video card, or onboard video? If the former, that's > the third second thing.... If that's not a hot card, you might consider > replacing that first. > > mark -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------