Greetings: My thanks to all respondents for their suggestions, but sad to say, I got no joy. At this time the machine is unusable and I'll probably have to take it in for repair or just buy a new mobo. I now can't get beyond the boot stage, it usually dies with a kernel panic either right away or shortly after startup. Big bummer. I removed all cards, installed a new CPU fan, and tried booting from a Knoppix disk. The Knoppix live CD also failed with a kernel panic, which probably means I have a hardware problem either with the RAM or the CPU. Btw, I've been running RH9 happily on this box for quite a while, it's hardly a new installation I have access to an identical box I'll get to try either tomorrow or the day after, but this one's DOA for this evening. :( Best, dp Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > I've been having some problems with my desktop machine during and > after booting into Planet CCRMA RH9. At first I started getting some > kernel panics booting into the system, then I started having trouble > during operation of the system. X would suddenly freeze shortly after > I started it, usually after the first mouse move. > > Okay, so I don't panic because I have another drive in the same box > running FC3, so I figure I'll just boot into that system instead and > transfer files before everything heads south. At first everything > seemed fine on that drive, but soon after I started using it FC3 > started showing the same symptoms with sudden reboots and total > freezes of the machine. > > I've been able to transfer a lot of stuff to my laptop via the local > network, but mounting the RH9 drive is very dangerous, things can > freeze at any moment. Alas, there's still stuff on that drive that I'd > like to retrieve. > > So there's something wrong with the box. Can anyone point me in the > right direction to begin troubleshooting this machine ? Could it be > RAM ? The graphics card ? Or what ?? And how can I test things on the > hardware side, i.e., what utilities are indicated ? > > Any and all suggestions vastly appreciated. > > Best, > > dp > > >
