Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Computers in the classroom]

["Eugene C." <pixonet@yahoo.com>]

--- Robert Hopcroft <hopcroft@uswest.net> wrote:
> gringey@sendit.sendit.nodak.edu wrote:
> 
> > I am having trouble in my new Linux lab with
> machines losing the
> > signal to the monitor.

Is the computer still running ?
If you are on a network, can you do a "ping", "telnet"
or "ssh" ?
Did you try to switch monitor ?
Did you try a <ctrl>+<alt>+<backspace>, (if in "X")
then <ctrl>+<alt>+<delete> to do a clean shutdown ?
Then wait until the machine reboot, does it reboot
properly ?

You can do the previous even if you do not see
anything on the monitor.
Simply check the "hard drive", "power", etc. LED
activity.

You need to describe better your problem, as at this
point, it is not sure if you have a software or
hardware problem, eg. are you using Netscape with Java
when it happen or does it happen anytime ?


[...]
> > Our machines:
> > AMD Athlon (tm) Processor
> > cpu MHz - 705
> 
> I'm curious where 705 came from. The Athlons come
> 700,750,etc.
> The only time I every saw a slightly off MHz, the
> BIOS was old and
> needed to be upgraded. This may also fix other
> problems.
> 

It could be simply typo mistake.
But it could also be an overclocked machine, or simply
poorly setup of the cpu voltage.
What could endup in a bad involuntary overclocking.

	Eugene


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