>On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 09:32, Mike Chepesky wrote:
> > I'm new to Linux, and I've just downloaded and installed the Fedora
> > Core. Installation and configuration went smoothly, and I can work in
> > the GNOME environment normally. However, it seems that every 1/2 hour
> > or so, even in the middle of working on something, I get a crash. The
> > computer is still on (i.e. I can still eject the CD-ROM drive, the
> > power light is on), but my monitor turns off (as if it's gone into
> > power-saving mode) and no keystrokes or mouse clicks will revive it
> > (not even Ctrl-Alt-Del).
>
>
>Maybe a hardware problem? What kind of machine and processor? Are you
>doing any kind of over-clocking? Were any other OSs able to run on this
>machine?
>
>When this lock up happens, what happens when you do I had the idea that it might have been my monitor, and having too high a refresh rate, but lowering it didn't seem to help. I have an AMD Athlon running at 1 GHz, with no overclocking. Windows XP is running on a separate partition, and works fine.
Mike
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