[ale] More Lockups

[David Corbin]

On Sunday 10 October 2004 14:52, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 08:04, David Corbin wrote:
> > One other thing: I do have an NVIDIA card (w/ the latest drivers).  The
> > card is old, and DOES have a known problem, in that sometimes a small
> > region on the screen gets funny tints.  I do plan on replacing this,
> > anyway, but does anyone think this would be the cause ?
>
> Try booting into a mode that doesn't start X and see if you still
> experience lockups.  

I have lockups during the boot process, long before X is started....(usually 
around the point drives are mounted).

>  If it does
> still lock up, I would get memtest and use it in boot mode (i forget
> just how to do this but google should show you).
>

Thanks.   The system runs Windows fine(considering), without any lock ups.

> good luck,
>
> -Jim P.
>
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