On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 16:11 -0500, kainisma wrote: > the computer is brand new, so i really doubt that is memory problem, > or HD problem or whatever. About the video card, it's kinda old, but > it seems to function quite good. it's MSI R4650 (and the driver i > found for it is that one that shows up there... ) > Unfortunately that means almost nothing. Its a fact that electronics tend to fail at both ends of their life: either within the first few hours of use or after a very long time when contacts and solder joints start to corrode and fail. This is known as the 'Bathtub curve'. There's a full explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve FWIW the most reliable computer I own dates from 1992 - its been used every day or two since then, but its original motherboard failed within the first two months. The replacement is still running reliably despite spending a significant part of its life being run in a van in the middle of an airfield, powered by a small petrol generator and, yes, that did run out of fuel a few times. Martin
