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| Chris Curtis 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
| Last night I started up FS and after the flight had loaded everything locked
up and a horrendous noise appeared followed by a 'broken' image and then
nothing.
Not one to panic I switched off immediately!
Now the machine had been switched on for some hours previous and the problem
only occurred with FS. I had a Norton Ghost image from the day before so I
restored that; same problem! The other problem was I had consumed rather too
much Stella so I decided to tackle the problem this morning!
All I had done yesterday was removed a SCSI cd-writer and replaced it with
an IDE dvd writer. Now I am pretty careful and experienced with ensuring
cables are 'tidy' but guessed the video card may have been disturbed.
On opening the case I discovered the SCSI ribbon cable had 'kinked' and was
resting nicely on the fan of my Radeon 6800XT! Under normal loads this
obviously didn't present a problem but with FS loading.....
I got lucky but it could have been very expensive!!
So check those cables carefully and then check them again!
Chris
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| Jan Berg 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
| "Chris Curtis" wrote:
quote:
> Last night I started up FS and after the flight had loaded everything
> locked up and a horrendous noise appeared followed by a 'broken' image and
> then nothing.
> Not one to panic I switched off immediately!
> Now the machine had been switched on for some hours previous and the
> problem only occurred with FS. I had a Norton Ghost image from the day
> before so I restored that; same problem! The other problem was I had
> consumed rather too much Stella so I decided to tackle the problem this
> morning!
> All I had done yesterday was removed a SCSI cd-writer and replaced it with
> an IDE dvd writer. Now I am pretty careful and experienced with ensuring
> cables are 'tidy' but guessed the video card may have been disturbed.
> On opening the case I discovered the SCSI ribbon cable had 'kinked' and
> was resting nicely on the fan of my Radeon 6800XT! Under normal loads this
> obviously didn't present a problem but with FS loading.....
> I got lucky but it could have been very expensive!!
> So check those cables carefully and then check them again!
I actually don't know what is "Stella", but it would like to taste it!!!
Cheers,
Jan
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| Chris Curtis 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
| "John Ewing" <none@needed> wrote in message
news:42457260$0$22221$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
quote:
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> "Jan Berg" <jan@epost.de> wrote in message
> news:d23ocd$pjs$01$1@news.t-online.com...
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> Who knows - Stella might be his wife or partner?
> If it is the same Stella I know, she has given me some headaches!
>
> Cheers,
> John
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Her surname is Artois and as John rightly states she is good at providing
headaches particularly if you spend too long in her company!
Chris
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| Marcel Kuijper 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
| On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:32:25 +1000, John Ewing wrote:
quote:
> If it is the same Stella I know, she has given me some headaches!
I know two of them....and they both have quite a kick!
--
Marcel
(Gear up, AP engaged...hey...what's that emergency light?)
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| Bob Cordone 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
| On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:36:07 +0100, "Jan Berg" <jan@epost.de> wrote:
quote:
>"Chris Curtis" wrote:
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>I actually don't know what is "Stella", but it would like to taste it!!!
>
>Cheers,
>Jan
>
Stella is a Belgian Beer that is sold all over the world. It is a
light Belgium beer, ( I much prefer the darker Belgian Beers), but
many people love it. Stella Artios is the full name for the Beer.
Bob
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| Dallas 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
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"Chris Curtis"
quote:
> up and a horrendous noise appeared followed by a 'broken' image and then
> nothing.
The minute you said 'broken' image I knew it was your video card. (been
there, done that)
Dallas
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| John Ewing 2005-03-30, 7:48 pm |
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"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
news:Pug1e.4534$gI5.1241@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
quote:
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> "Chris Curtis"
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> The minute you said 'broken' image I knew it was your video card. (been
> there, done that)
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> Dallas
And some of the early video cards did that when they overheated. Often more
cooling fixed the problem, but it seems that yours was a terminal illness.
John
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