[NTLUG:Discuss] PC Hardware Issue

[Gilbert Morrow]

Uh ,  I said that from the first (before you posted) , but now he states the
computer crashes but nothing of the video problem , the best way is remove
everything except what is needed to boot , then add components one at a time
, the problem component will show itself faster that way .



On 12/23/06, steve <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> wrote:
>
> Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> > Are the ram modules them same speed , PC2700 , PC3200 etc .?
> > Putting a PC3200 with a PC4000 will cause the PC 4000 to run at 3200
> speed ,
> > as before heat will kill memory as well , do a mem97 mem test and see if
> > maybe the modules or module has a bad memory cell .
> > Also and I hate to say this but ESD is known to cause random problems as
> > well and can seem as though hardware is failing .
>
> THe symptom of a jaggy display on a dual graphics setup is very
> distinctive.
>
> One of his graphics cards is failing...for sure.
>
> The only question is whether it's the card, too much heat or
> not enough power from the powersupply.
>
> Until he does the tests I suggested before - he'll never know what's
> borken.   Dinking around with moving wires, changing memory modules
> and so forth is just changing the time when the problem happens - the
> underlying problem will remain.
>
>
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