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From: alanglloyd on 6 Apr 2010 15:54 On Apr 2, 10:19�pm, "Unknown" <unkn...(a)unknown.kom> wrote: > Simple common sense. Turn power off but leave line cord plugged in. > (Provides static discharge path) > Touch frame of computer before anything else (discharge static) Don't wriggle your body on a plastic chair while working. Don't move or lift your feet. This would reduce your capacitance to earth & increase your static voltage, Charge energy = 0.5CV**2, or V := ((Charge * 2) * C)**0.5. C goes down, voltage goes up with a constant charge. Alan Lloyd
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 6 Apr 2010 16:09 On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:15:30 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com(a)NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > On 4/5/2010 6:39 PM On a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard > > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:54:24 -0600, Bruce Chambers > > <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> wrote: > > > >> Unknown wrote: > >>> What brand of computer do you have? > >>> > >> > >> Custom-built; usually built by myself. I almost never purchase from > >> the OEMS. (However, my son's last HP Pavilion had a switch on the back > >> of the power supply.) > > > > > > I have four desktops in this room right now--three are custom-built, > > and the fourth (my wife's) is a Dell. All four have switches on the > > back of the power supply. > > > > Did you change the PS on the Dell? No. > I have never seen one in the last > 8-10 years with a switch on the PS. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Jack B on 6 Apr 2010 20:04 Well, back from Easter --- Thanks for all the comments. This pc has been an extremely stable one until recently, when it started freezing up and the only option was a hard shut down. It started doing this once or more a day suddenly, but there was no problem with the clock time. It was running an AMD Athlon 1700 cpu until I put in a 2nd hand 2100 a year ago; there were no problems before then. I recently switched it back to the 1700. I also vacuumed out the pc and reconnected everything. After doing all that, I still had another freeze. So that's when I start pulling my hair. The freeze seems to happen especially when there is a big graphic workload. During the last freeze up I got this: "nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally" So, I removed the driver and downloaded and reinstalled (it is the same latest version). Hopefully that solved the problem. Jack
From: SC Tom on 6 Apr 2010 20:39 "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uvTf3Xe1KHA.224(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Well, back from Easter --- Thanks for all the comments. > > This pc has been an extremely stable one until recently, when it started > freezing up and the only option was a hard shut down. It started doing > this > once or more a day suddenly, but there was no problem with the clock time. > > It was running an AMD Athlon 1700 cpu until I put in a 2nd hand 2100 a > year > ago; there were no problems before then. I recently switched it back to > the > 1700. > > I also vacuumed out the pc and reconnected everything. > > After doing all that, I still had another freeze. So that's when I start > pulling my hair. > > The freeze seems to happen especially when there is a big graphic > workload. > During the last freeze up I got this: > "nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally" > > So, I removed the driver and downloaded and reinstalled (it is the same > latest version). > > Hopefully that solved the problem. > > > Jack > Which Nvidia card are you running, and how old is it? I've used Nvidias forever it seems, and have had fan problems on a few of them. Make sure you have no other cards near it if possible, and that the airflow around the fan and heatsink isn't being blocked by ribbon cables, etc. -- SC Tom "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret.
From: Jack B on 6 Apr 2010 21:08
It's a GeForce MX 4000 Jack |