Yes, I had this exact same problem with a Voodoo3 3000 card that got VERY hot. In my dual boot system, the card would heat up and windows would freeze completely. Under Linux, the exact same behaviour would also occur. X would lock and, just like your system, a hard reboot was required. When lockup occurred, I was foolish enough to touch the heatsink on the video card and gave myself a nice blister. My Solution: I bought a really nice fan that is mounted on a add-on card style mount. (Install the fan in the expansion slot right above or below the video card's GPU). Since then....no probs! Mike On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:46, Laurent Blume wrote: > Mukhben Singh wrote: > > Hi, > > I am running Mandrake 9.0 distro and the X server 4.2.1 which came with > > it. The problem is that, after using X for some time, my system locks up > > completely. I mean no key combination works. No not even the Magic Sysrq. > > The only option is a hard reset. > > The symptoms: > > 1. Mouse pointer disappears. > > 2. No common action ( that means, I can't recreate it > > intentionally. ) > > 3. Occurs irrespective of GUI. KDE, Gnome all the same. > > 4. Complete system freeze. > > 5. May occur within minutes after the boot or after hours. > > IT sounds more like a hardware problem than a software one. I've seen > those exact symptoms many times with overheating CPUs, and sometimes > with other defective parts. > You could check if the CPU fan is working correctly and is well adjusted > to the CPU. If your mainboard allows it, check its temperature (though > it's not always very accurate). > > Other tests would be trying to disable as many options as possible in > the BIOS. > Since you have everything on the MB, it doesn't seem likely there would > be an hardware conflict. > > > > [snip] > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
