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[filmscanners] RE: HD failure [was RE: keeping the 16bit scans}
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tony Terlecki
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:59 PM
> To: frankparis@comcast.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: HD failure [was RE: keeping the
> 16bit scans}
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:19:58PM -0500, Ed Verkaik wrote:
> > > plus a (virtually) unlimited amount of memory to store our email.
> >
> > We'll need it, if this OT thread is any indication!
> >
> > If you all want a *real* problem to solve, try figuring out why my
> > XPPro 1.3G A7A-266 512ram system is freezing randomly many times a
> > day. (began 6mo ago, slowly getting worse, not cpu/mb temp, not
> > software added, not standby/hibernate, etc). It happens more while
> > scanning [scanner connection for my post :-)] but also when doing
> > nothing. It's driving me nuts!!
> >
>
> I hate those sorts of problems. I've suffered my fair share of them.
>
> Bad memory? Try removing some of your DIMMs in an ordered
> manner to see if any of them are troublesome.
>
> Do you have a SCSI bus with equipment on it? Sometimes
> termination/cable length can cause seemingly random lockups.
I also had a firewire card go bad that was preventing W2K from
rebooting. It got stuck on the splash screen. I found it by
systematically removing one PCI card at a time until it booted.
Unfortunately intermittent problems are more difficult. Before the
firewire card stopped working altogether and started hanging the OS
boot, my firewire devices would periodically go offline or not perform
up to spec. Should have suspected the card, but didn't. So some card
could be flakey.
Frank Paris
frankparis@comcast.net
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