On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 11:34 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2013, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > > Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> 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 > > Yes. It's the only computer I've owned with > either a hard drive or more than 8K of memory. > > I've used others. > > > combo at MicroCenter for under $200, I think. "Installation"? Hey, we're > > sysadmins, we build our own systems! <g> > > What's this "we"? > I've opened the case three times and done four things: > I've installed a new hard drive. The old one is still working. > I've zapped the original video card, AGP. > I've blown dust. > I've had someone else install new RAM. > > When I get up the nerve to open it again, > I'll blow dust and look for misplaced intestines. > > In the mean time, I'll boot back to CentOS and see how long it lasts. > You may want to check the bios for some settings. I recently fixed some issues with my server system here at home (gen 1 i7 920) by turning ACPI 2.0 off. I first replaced the power supply but that did improve the situation from disk errors once every day or 2 to once every 5 days. Make sure you have the latest bios as well.