[lug] hardware problem? / software problem?

[jeffrey l koehn]

On Saturday 05 April 2003 10:29 am, you wrote:
> I'm wondering if I have a hardware problem, and what part it
> might be, or if this could be software.
>
> I did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1 with what potentially might
> be a corrupted CD (the 3rd cd was, but things seem mostly ok if I
> only used the first 2 in the install).
>
> Symptoms:
>
> Sometimes when I press the power button to turn on the computer,
> the fan turns, but the monitor doesn't get a signal and nothing
> boots. Pressing reboot fixes this problem. It has happened a few
> times before the upgrade and a few times after
>
> After installing Man 9.1, I compiled a new kernel which worked
> fine for a few reboots. Sometimes when I boot I get kernel module
> loading errors on startup (unresolved symbols) (but everything
> works) and half the time I get that error, the computer crashes
> right there on startup. But often I don't get those module
> loading errors and everthing seems fine.
>
> Galeon / Mozilla is very very unstable. (even if I delete my
> .mozilla, .galeon directories) Konqueror seems fine, as does
> evolution.
>
> Any ideas on what to try to try to find out the source of the
> problem?
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Sounds like at least two problems, hardware and sofware.
o (HARDWARE) First check the video card. Is it seated?
o (HARDWARE) Put in another video card to see if this is the 
problem.
o (HARDWARE) If the video card is not the problem,
then you know it could be the power supply, memory,
or motherboard.
o (SOFTWARE) Kernel was not compiled with the Modules.

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> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> Ben Luey
> lueyb at jilau1.colorado.edu