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Thanx again all the suggestions. I'm happy to report that changing the PSU
solved the problem, dodgy-looking caps notwithstanding ! "Steven Saunderson" a écrit dans le message de news: ... On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:56:25 -0000, "Rob" wrote: If you can solder, it may be worth changing them yourself - if so, don't bother trying to unsolder them properly, as you'll likely damage the through-hole plating. Just pull the cans off using pliers and snip the remaining leads so there's a few mm left to solder the new ones to. This is an excellent tip to reduce risk when replacing caps. I wish I had thought of it when I last wrecked a motherboard (it was an Epox). Thanks for the suggestion, -- Steven |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:02:39 -0000, "Oldish sod"
wrote: "John Jordan" wrote in message ... Rob wrote: Yep, one the one I looked at, IE seemed to crash it more than anything else, so wasted a lot of time trying to fix that instead. :-/ I guess IE is just so badly written that it uses a lot of CPU/memory resources and this highlights the problem.. That's a bit harsh on IE. Modern web browsers are naturally fault-prone applications because of the range of dynamic content that they have to process. A single-bit error in a static data array is much less likely to cause a crash than a single-bit error in a pointer. You get the same effect with Firefox or Opera on machines with flaky hardware. You're right, John. It's a little like blaming XP for crashing during installation, when it actually does us a favour by highlighting the fact that [the usual problem is] the currently installed RAM is dodgy. Unfortunately, the error messages given tend to lead many up the garden path! - How many perfectly working installation CDs and optical drives have been replaced because of that?! Thank gawd for usenet and web search engines (but even then, knowing how to phrase the search term and quickly sift the results can only be gained by experience sigh.) Best, I installed IE6 a few years ago. My once stable and well working computer became crash city. I tried to remove IE first manually, then used IERADICATE. WIndows just never ran right after that, and was crash prone. I finally formatted the drive and reinstalled Win98 and just left IE 5.0 (that comes with Win98) as the browser. My problem was solved. Eventually I upgraded to IE5.5 and thats what I still use. IE6 has major bugs and eats up far too many resources. I have a suggestion for the OP. Get a used small harddrive like a 10 gig or so. Unplug your present drive and plug in this spare drive. Install Win98 on it. Leave the default browser and go online doing whatever you have been doing. If you still crash, you likely have bad hardware (memory is likely), if not. blame it all on IE6 and you'll have to figure out what to do with your original drive. You can not uninstall IE6 or go back to IE 5.x without completely formatting and reinstalling Win98. If this dont solve it, beg, borrow or steal some memory and replace what you have. If the problem is still there, your mother is dying. If Epox has such bad caps, I will be sure to avoid ever buying one. |
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