Philip Prindeville wrote: >>Thanks for the suggestion - >>I assumed the memory was OK since I have never had problems >>with Windows XP or i386 Fedora. >>But I've downloaded the memtest86+ rpm, >>and will run this tonight. I ran memtest86 from the first CD, as recommended, but it only got 50% of the way through (during test 4 or 5, I think) before crashing. The crash occurred at different points on repetition. so I don't think it was due to any memory fault. >>>You also might try reducing the speed of the memory and see if that has >>>any affect. >> >>How do I reduce the memory speed? >>Do you mean reduce the CPU speed with something like cpufreq? > > No. Run with additional wait-states. Like instead of 2/1, run with 3/2 > or 4/2... I didn't find any such option in the BIOS setup. But I'll take another look. > Do you have "lm_sensors" installed and configured? Try that. I have lm-sensors installed, and have run detect-lmsensors ; after this the command "sudo sensors" yields ------------------------------------- [tim@blanche ~]$ sudo sensors w83697hf-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter VCore: +1.50 V (min = +1.71 V, max = +1.89 V) ALARM +3.3V: +3.34 V (min = +3.14 V, max = +3.47 V) +5V: +5.03 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V) +12V: +11.07 V (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V) -12V: +0.14 V (min = -13.18 V, max = -10.80 V) ALARM -5V: +5.10 V (min = -5.25 V, max = -4.75 V) ALARM V5SB: +5.64 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V) ALARM VBat: +0.06 V (min = +2.40 V, max = +3.60 V) ALARM fan1: 0 RPM (min = 44 RPM, div = 128) ALARM fan2: 1520 RPM (min = 1506 RPM, div = 4) temp1: +24°C (high = +53°C, hyst = -7°C) sensor = thermistor temp2: +52.0°C (high = +80°C, hyst = +75°C) sensor = thermistor alarms: beep_enable: Sound alarm enabled ------------------------------------- I don't really understand this. Are there really 2 fans, one of which seems always to be off? I guess I must read the "lm-sensors" documentation ... -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list