[NTLUG:Discuss] PC Hardware Issue

[Gilbert Morrow]

Looks good , the PS is 470w should be enough .
Dinking around with components in the right order can yeild insite someitmes
to what does what , so dink and learn .

On 12/23/06, Gilbert Morrow <gkfmorrow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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 .
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> 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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