RAM is the most likly cause IMHO, but If the motherboard is oldish (couple of years or so) then its worth eyeballing the motherboard for bulging capacitors, I lost my studio PC to this and we lost a load at work. The tops should be slightly concave and clean, if theres any sign of brown gunge (technical term) or bulging then the motherboard is a gonner. There was a bad batch of capacitors for a while from a major manufacturer, but I suspect all the bad boards have blown allready by now. - Steve On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:40:29 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > 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 > > > > > > >
