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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:47:23 PDT7
From:	Gary Wong <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Spontaneous re-boots

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Steven Levine wrote:

>In <413C9FF9.1040805@sbcglobal.net>, on 09/06/04
> at 10:35 AM, Gary Wong said:
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>>Ran Memtest; the default tests showed no errors. Should I run ALL
>>tests, or just the default tests?
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>What do you think?
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I have no opinion, that's why I'm asking yours.

>>How would I know (dumb question) if it's the power supply?
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>Without test equipment, the only available test option is to replace it.
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>>Sometimes it does the re-boot after loading SciTech SNAP (the IBM
>>version); could it be the video card? (an Elsa AGP that Jerry gave me
>>about a year ago)
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>It could be. It also could be RAM/MB/CPU. When the video driver kicks in
>there's a burst of IO activity. This will stress whatever is weak.
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This time, it went to re-boot before loading the DANIS drivers, so it's
not always the video card.

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