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- From: kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick)
- Subject: Survey: Intermittent failures on 486-DX-33+ machines
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.000944.10310@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Distribution: na
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:09:44 GMT
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- I have a 6 month old 486-DX-33 machine. I have used it a lot and so
- it is safe to assume that it is "burned" in. But:
-
- When it is on for a few hours, things (see below) go wrong that only
- seem to be fixable by turning off the computer for a while.
-
- I am interested in how many owners of 486 machines have intermittent
- problems. Here are a few of what I get after the computer has been on
- for a few hours
-
-
- 1) When I run word perfect, I get the message "packed file corrupt".
- I am running from DOS, and I believe that this is a dos message.
-
-
- 2) windows progman gives access violations (or what ever they call it)
- as reported by "application failure" report. This occurs during windows
- startup and I usually can not start windows
-
- 3) In the same time frame as 2), when I start window, the screen goes blank
- and the computer hangs.
-
- I try reset the computer, even power down/up but it does not help. the
- only thing that helps is turning the power off for a few hours.
-
-
- I long ago disabled smart drive, thinking that this may be the problem.
- It did not help.
-
- Disk doctor reports nothing unusual (well actually there were a few lost chains
- I don't know if this means I should reformat the disk and reload everything
- or not... Any suggestions here).
-
- SO please send me mail if you have intermittent problems on you new 486, or
- if you did and figured out how to fix them. I'll summarize replies.
-
- One obvious idea is insufficient ventilation. However this occurs as frequently
- when the house is 65 F. as when it is 75F. degrees. the air coming out
- of the (large tower) case is always cool to the touch, although I never
- measured it. Perhaps the air is not circulating properly though the
- boards. I may try to put in a larger fan this week...
-
-
- Please do reply (mail or post) if you have any ideas .
-
- thanks,
-
-
-
-
- --
- Chris Kushmerick
- kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov
-