[TriLUG] Machine crash
Daniel Zhang
zhang at clinicaltools.com
Thu Apr 22 09:34:40 EDT 2004
This may be off Linux but it is hardware related. I have a Dell
dimension 8200 running Win2000. It had a motherboard failure two weeks
ago and Dell replaced it. Now it crashes several time a night. I ran
Norton Antivirus for about 30 minutes(and no virus reported on screen)
then NAV crashed. Sometimes Explorer is not accessible. Machine
crashes and reboots without any warning. I ran memtest86(memtest86.com)
and it reports some memory failures. But when I called Dell support,
they let me run Dell diagnose tools for memory test and it reports
nothing wrong. Dell tech support promised to call me back but never.
Whom should I trust? memtest86 or Dell? Any suggestions?
Dell Dimension 8200 (2 1/2 year-old)
CPU: Intel P4 1.8 GHZ
RAM: 512 MB
Hard Drive: 80 GB
TIA,
-Daniel
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