[TriLUG] Machine crash

[Roy Vestal]

Run a repair from the Windows 2000 CD and then reapply the patches/service
packs. Your registry is pooched.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Zhang" <zhang at clinicaltools.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:34 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] Machine crash


> This may be off Linux but it is hardware related.  I have a Dell
> dimension 8200 running Win2000.  It had a motherboard failure two weeks
> ago and Dell replaced it.  Now it crashes several time a night.  I ran
> Norton Antivirus for about 30 minutes(and no virus reported on screen)
> then NAV crashed.  Sometimes Explorer is not accessible.  Machine
> crashes and reboots without any warning.  I ran memtest86(memtest86.com)
> and it reports some memory failures.  But when I called Dell support,
> they let me run Dell diagnose tools for memory test and it reports
> nothing wrong.  Dell tech support promised to call me back but never.
> Whom should I trust? memtest86 or Dell? Any suggestions?
>
> Dell Dimension 8200 (2 1/2 year-old)
> CPU: Intel P4 1.8 GHZ
> RAM: 512 MB
> Hard Drive: 80 GB
>
> TIA,
>
> -Daniel
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