On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Robert Woodcock wrote:
> Hello, once every week or so (it seems like only after using X for a
> while and then switching virtual consoles a lot, and never when the
> system has less than around 2 days uptime) my system will hang (no
> oops, no panic, no ping, no numlock, no sysrq) during the middle of a
> console switch. Sometimes it displays half of one console and half of
> the other, with one character of garbage inbetween to separate. I was
> wondering if anyone else was hitting this and knew why.
Check the power supply rating. It should be not less than 300w. I had
similar problems and tracked it down to the 230w power suppy. Threw it out
and replaced it with a 300w unit and all is well, I'm now into my 14th day
uptime!
(Alan - did you get my e-mails on this subject?)
Cheers,
Alex
-- Nil Carborundum Desperandum, heh-heh.http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk
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