-=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up
- From: "Jan Miller" <koryo1953@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:22:16 -0600
Round 2..
I went out there today & installed a new motherboard, cpu & memory in that
computer. Decided to uninstall norton's & when it told me to shutdown &
restart, 2 illegel error messages came up. So much for the new motherboard.
I mentioned earlier about the computer being connected to an ungrounded
outlet. I looked today at the whole setup, in the one recepticle they have
the frig plugged into it. The other one has the surge strip, a cheap one,
with 3-4 things plugged into that plus they have another surge strip plugged
into the first surge strip with several more things plugged into that. I
also noticed a small extension cord plugged into the first surge strip
coming from another room. Could this be the problem, they are overloading
the outlet?? I can't imagine having all that connected to one outlet. I
took their computer home & have had it running for 4-1/2 hours so far with
no problems. I changed the motherboard back to the one they had & did put a
different sound card in & upped the memory a bit. I also installed Norton's
Systemworks 2002, they had 2000 in there before & it seems to be running
smoothly. Knocking on wood....
Jan
>From: "nightsneak" <nightsneak@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up
>Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:38:57 -0500
>
>
>Jan,
>How old is the computer? Have you tried physically cleaning it? Open the
>case and blow out the dust bunnies with a can of air? Is the fan running
>when it should?
>
>Since it worked again after a reformat, I would suspect something that is
>running. How about cleaning out temp files, cache, history, cookies, etc.?
>I
>don't use Norton's, and I know that it is highly recommended, but I also
>know that many people have problems with it.
>
>How often do they clean temp files, regclean, scandisk, defrag?
>
>Grasping at straws myself, but I really don't think that the closeness to
>the refrigerator should have any effect on it.
>
>You might try going to start>run> type "msconfig" without the
>quotes>startup, and unchecking each thing one by one. You will have to
>reboot after each thing and see if anything changes. Or you can do the
>reverse, uncheck everything not needed (see sites below for stuff that
>should NOT be unchecked) and add back one-by-one.
>
>http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
>
>http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
>
>nightsneak
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jan Miller" <koryo1953@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:22 PM
>Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up
>
>
>|
>| A friend of mine, their computer has had episodes of locking up,
>crashing,
>| freezing, etc. It will go for a while just fine & then it will start up.
>| It's random when it does it, they are not doing anything in particular
>when
>| it happens, could be when they start the computer up, or getting email or
>| whatever. They are not doing the same thing every time it happens. It's
>a
>| Celeron 533 mhz, 128mb mem. They have win 98 2nd ed in the computer.
>They
>| have an antivirus program, which they keep updated, we've gone through
>the
>| file checker feature, disk cleanup, defrag, win doctor, etc. Basically,
>the
>| only thing they use the computer for is the internet. The only programs
>| they have in the computer besides windows is printshop, which they don't
>use
>| too often & Norton systemworks 2000. We even formatted the harddrive &
>| started fresh & it was OK for a while, then it starts crashing again. I
>| tried a different video card & change memory modules. I finally disabled
>| Norton's crashguard but I haven't heard back from them if that helped or
>| not. Their computer tower is right next to the frig & I was wondering if
>| there could be some sort of "interference" that could be the problem.
>| Grasping at straws on that one.
>|
>|
>| >From: "nightsneak" <nightsneak@xxxxxxx>
>| >Reply-To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>| >To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>| >Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up
>| >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:05:05 -0500
>| >
>| >
>| >Jan,
>| >
>| >Are you just concerned with the heat from a refrigerator? It shouldn't
>hurt
>| >it at all as long as there is air space around the tower. It should
>depend
>| >more on how good your computer fans are, and if air is able to
>circulate.
>| >
>| >Unless it is a very old refrigerator, the heat should only be coming out
>of
>| >the back, and if the refrigerator is far enough away from the wall to
>allow
>| >circulation, it should not be a factor to your computer.
>| >
>| >Are you having computer problems that you think are related to this? Or
>| >just
>| >curious?
>| >
>| >nightsneak
>| >
>| >
>| >----- Original Message -----
>| >From: "Jan Miller" <koryo1953@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>| >To: <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>| >Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:07 PM
>| >Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- locking up
>| >
>| >
>| >|
>| >| Does it hurt a computer to have the tower sitting right next to a
>| >| refrigerator?
>| >|
>| >| Jan
>| >
>
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