jhipkiss 0 Posted March 16, 2004 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 Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Have you been hearing any strange noises emanating from within your box? Share this post Link to post
jhipkiss 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Quote: Have you been hearing any strange noises emanating from within your box? No why? Everything works fine when I boot under XP BTW. Share this post Link to post
abcd 0 Posted March 16, 2004 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... Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Quote: 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. Share this post Link to post
jhipkiss 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Quote: Quote: 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. 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. Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Then I'm out of ideas. Sorry I couldn't help more... Share this post Link to post
jhipkiss 0 Posted April 30, 2004 FYI this fixed itself when I upgraded to Mandrake 10 community edition! Share this post Link to post