[LBo] Help troubleshooting computer lockup problem

[Sam Morgan]

Lonnie Mullenix wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> Had the same issue with an nVidea card a year or so back.  Close as I
> could tell, it was simply that the cards headed south on me.
>
yea the fact it works on Vista still amazes me
same for the ram stick that had only one error each hour of testing
yet never skips a beat when running Vista

> Course, I live in a fairly dusty house, so occasionally, I will have to
> take the box outside and take the air compressor to it.   Blow out all
> the dust, etc, and then it will work for another 8-12 months.
>
Same here but no compressor, so I get out the paint brush and spend a lot of 
time with it.

> And, if you have a dust problem, like W. Texas blowing through the
> windows, the fan on the video card my not be running up to par.
>
yeppers I have hell keeping them going on the video cards, they usually last 
about 3 months. Just can't find a brand that will last.

I also replaced one of the 2 case fans I have in the front, blowing air across 3 
of the 4 hard drives in the box. It was on the blind side of the box and I never 
knew it wasn't working, no clue how long it was dead, oops!

Those AMD Durons are real cookers, I'm amazed that they work at all, at those 
temps. (I already have substituted a huge fan on the cpu) never had problems, 
just dislike it running that hot.

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God Bless,
Sam Morgan

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