On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:43:31 +1000 Tony Crouch <acrouch2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > I am just wanting to seek some advice and recommendations as to what > is different between Windows (XP SP2 + all latest updates) and FC5 (+ > latest yum updates). > > My notebook which is a dual boot system with FC5 and XP, has (again) > randomly begun freezing while running FC5. If I am using FC5 it can > freeze at any moment, if I am using XP will is guaranteed not to > freeze. > > I am at a loss to explain it. I have always thought it was a hardware > fault, but if it is, shouldn't it happen under both operating systems? > > I am guessing now the fault is something in relation to how FC5 is > accessing or utilising the resources of the notebook. Does anyone have > any thoughts / opinions on this? > > I have run details diagnostics on RAM, HDD, battery, etc etc and they > have all come up OK. > > Cheers, > Tony I find this problem seems to be associated with using any thing other than the default set up for a screen saver