Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:24:55 07/19/04
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On July 19, 2004 at 03:25:18, Tony Werten wrote: >On July 18, 2004 at 19:15:23, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On July 18, 2004 at 18:49:07, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >> >>>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 >>> >>>If I remember well, a simple keyboard can causes random blue screen ... >> >>The screen showed the words "no signal" for a part of second when movei crashed. > >That's a monitor problem. > >So basicly, you had a monitor, a network and a computer failure at the same >time. > >Seems like an unsteady power supply to me (ie the current from the university). >Your AMD seems to be more sensitive for that than the P4. Problably the P4 has a >better power supply. Or the power supply of the AMD is "on the edge" ie barely >enough for your sustem, so it can't handle anything extraordinary. > >Tony > Yes, since too many computer equipments were hooked at the same time, it could have caused a brownout. This common occurence is attributed to an under-voltage of power, or Brownout. A Brownout can deprive a computer of the power needed to function, causing frozen keyboards and hard-drive crashes. http://www.netshop.co.uk/f6c525.htm Jorge > >>It is important to note that the keyboard did not cause problems with the PIV >>and it caused problems with the AMD number of times and it was not a single >>crash. >> >>It crashed twice against shredder and more than twice against Sjeng and >>WoodPusher. >> >>I finished the game against woodpusher inspite of the crashes but I did not >>finish the game against Sjeng (I replaced the hardware in the middle of them) >> >>I brought the computer again against shredder after I saw that it does not crash >>at home but after it again crashed in the tournament I gave up. >> >>Uri
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