System Freezing in MDK 9.2

#1 jhipkiss

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 05:48 PM

I've recently installed Mandrake 9.2 on my main machine, however every so often everything just freezes and the only way out is to hit the reset button!!!

Does anyone have any ideas on how to start trouble shooting this?

It doesn't have any recognisable pattern nor is it liked to running any particular software, this problem has no prejudices!!!!

It is however making the machine unuseable, as I can probably only work for 10 or may be 20 minutes before it all locks up!

H E L P!!!!!

Thanks

Jonathan

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 05:58 PM

Have you been hearing any strange noises emanating from within your box?

#3 jhipkiss

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 06:04 PM

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Have you been hearing any strange noises emanating from within your box?

No why?

Everything works fine when I boot under XP BTW.

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:14 PM

Try and boot linux with:
linux noapic nolapic

see:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157831
and
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...ake+10.0+freeze

Hope it helps...

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:59 PM

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No why?

Because if you did, it could have been related to a temperature problem associated with a faulty fan. Other noises can be indicative of hard drive problems which can, in some instances, cause the problem you mention.

#6 jhipkiss

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Posted 18 March 2004 - 02:54 PM

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No why?

I don't think it's this. It's a fairly new machine and it's fine under Windows. Also, I can leave it running all night and there's no problem, it's only when I start doing stuff.