On 31 May 2007 as I do recall, John wrote: > On 29 May, Harriet Bazley <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 18 Apr 2007 as I do recall, > > Harriet Bazley wrote: > > > > My Iyonix Aria keeps starting up locked with a screen full of coloured > > > 'snow' (similar to the effect produced by poking screen memory with > > > random data on the BBC B). When it does this, no amount of pushing of > > > the reset button will produce a working desktop, although sometimes it > > > produces black-and-white stripes instead after the reset - the only way > > > to get the machine to work is to switch it off at the plug. > > > > > Anyone else seeing this? I assume it's the 5.13 equivalent of the old > > 'graphics card detection' problems.... > > It couldn't be the graphics card failing, I suppose? This sounds a bit like > the first symptoms on mine when the fan stopped running and the card > overheated, knocking out part of the memory on the card. > I wouldn't have thought so, as it was new at the end of December 2006, and so far as I remember the symptoms started almost immediately.... -- H. Bazley Questions are a burden to others, but answers are a prison for oneself. --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support