Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:50:38 07/19/04
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On July 19, 2004 at 02:53:58, Jorge Pichard 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
>
>Your problem could be a typical unsteady power supply, and it can be solved by
>buying a Belkin powersupply Relulator like this one:
>
>http://www.netshop.co.uk/f6c425.htm
Looked like a pretty standard UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), though one of
the better ones possibly. Any particular reason you opted for the Belkin?
Albert
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