<message snipped> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:12:00 +0100 From: James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Anomaly encountered installing FC5 Could be memory trouble, too -- in fact, it sounds a lot like memory trouble. Run memtest86 from the install DVD: see the second point of http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/#id2501928 for details. You should leave it running overnight. Hope this helps, James. <message snipped> From: Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (Currently running FC4, in case that's important to the thread) Thanks to Tim and James for commenting- I had a feeling it was a hardware problem but wanted some more input. After messing around with it for two days, I took the machine back to the builders. Technician said something to the effect "...I'll install Windows and It won't do that"... "Santanic Messages" spinning around. I left my phone number. It has been over a week now... David
