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Subject: Re: I still have no idea why movei's hardware crashed in bar-ilan univer

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 00:05:56 07/19/04

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On July 18, 2004 at 18:26:51, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 18, 2004 at 18:14:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On July 18, 2004 at 18:06:31, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>
>>>On July 18, 2004 at 17:16:49, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>Here it continues to works without problems so I did not fix it.
>>>>Here it works without problems as long as there are no power failures.
>>>>
>>>>There was only a single case when it crashed because of a power failure in the
>>>>last week and there are no crashes except that obvious crash.
>>>>
>>>>A Person told me after the game against shredder that it crashed when there was
>>>>a network failure but as far as I know it was not connected to the internet in
>>>>bar-ilan.
>>>>
>>>>I guess that I will never know the reason that it crashed.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>Whenever PCs get moved around, the components and their connections get jostled
>>>a bit causing the machine to sometimes exhibit unstable behavior. This is quite
>>>typical.
>>>
>>>Another variable you should be controlling is whether you are getting a steady
>>>source of power. You should be using a UPS. Were you using one at the
>>>tournament?
>>
>>I know nothing about hardware and
>>I have no idea if I used UPS at the tournament.
>>
>>I only brought the computer without connections and maybe it was a mistake and
>>it was better to bring all the components that connect it because maybe the
>>problem was in some connection in the tournament that simply does not work with
>>the AMD and works correctly with the PIV.
>>
>>I suspected it may be the problem but the person who helped me told me that it
>>cannot be the problem.
>>
>>Uri
>
>To make clear I did not bring screen or mouse or keyboard and the conections
>that I have between my AMD and these things.
>
>Is it possible that something was wrong in the connection between one of them
>and the AMD when it was not wrong in the connection between one of them and the
>PIV?
>
>All the people that I talked with them about it said that it is not possible but
>I simply cannot find another explanation why the hardware crashed again and
>again when it was not a problem with the PIV at the same place.
>
>Uri


Uri,

Is there anything at your home that is connected to the computer which you did
not bring to the tournament? For example, do you have a network connection which
is plugged in when you are at home?

Andrew



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