On Tuesday 09 September 2003 04:16 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Tuesday September 9 2003 09:50 am, Jure Repinc wrote:
> > John Allen wrote:
> > > Do you have an AMD CPU??
> >
> > Yup, AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1200 MHz on Abit KT7A-RAID.
> >
> > > If so try adding mem=nopentium to your lilo append
> >
> > Hm what exactly does this do? I never had this problem before and
> > in Windows it also never does this. Is it something new in
> > Mandrake 9.2?
>
> I've experienced this problem too. Screen goes black, the monitor
> acts like it's off. I believe it's hardware related. A few weeks
> ago I re-built my system, XP 3000+ overclocked on a Aopen
> AK77-440/Max. It'll run at 2.4+ ghz (2.166 is default) except when
> usin X. Then anything over 2.333, various combos of multiplier'n
> FSB, no matter the over voltage, will cause X to act like the
> screen has suspended every once in a while. Usually under high
> load.
>
> A reboot isn't required, after a while pressing <Ctrl>, even
> <Ctrl+Alt+BSpace> will bring up a password dialog box. Enter
> <user_password> an the X screen comes right back.
> I tried 'mem=nopentium' in lilo, with no positive effect. At 2.4 Ghz
> it'll run memtest86 overnite with -0- errors, or mprime-17 for
> hours without fault. Just not X.
>
> My solution, don't clock much over 2.3Ghz. I suspect John's
> symptom is hardware related too. Probly an under voltaged video
> card, or too much heat. At least that's what I reckon my deal is
> when I push nVidia junk too far.
i get this too sometimes. I have a AMD athlon 2000+ *under*clocked to 1800+.
With me though it doesn't go out while typing but while the screensaver mode
is on.
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