Sounds like you may have a cooling problem with the CPU overheating. Adding
an extra exhaust fan in the case may solve the problem. Maury
On Wednesday 07 August 2002 10:47 pm, you wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've been lurking for quite a while, but I need some direction now. I
> finally bought my "monster" system. Two 50 gig HD with 1.5 gig on the
> board. CD RW and 52X CD. I have a DSL connection and Creative music.
> Here's the problem. I am running a dual boot system. XP Pro (dog) on
> one HD (hda) and Red Hat 7.1 on hdb. I boot from a floppy to keep the
> systems separate. The XP runs for three days b/4 freezing. (Usual
> Windows) That happened b/4 I installed Red Hat.
>
> The Red Hat 7.1 install was uneventful (easy). I can get on the 'net
> with Netscape without problems. Both processors will run on the "RC"
> project. Here's the problem. After a few hours, the Linux machine
> freezes. My only avenue for rebooting is to turn the power off. (My
> machine does complain!!) It forces a file system check and the
> necessary repairs are made.
>
> It's a hardware problem!!?? I have a Tyan mb Tiger MP S2460 with dual
> AMD MP 1.4 gig. This board is not on the compatibility list. I found
> that out yesterday.
>
> 1. Do I have to scrap the mb and get a Thunderbird (on the OK hardware
> list).
>
> or
>
> 2. Is there a command line correction at boot or an update with RH 7.3?
>
> or
>
> 3. Something else?
>
> TIA,
>
> Al Miller
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