At 06:54 PM 11/08/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>My VA503+ board, with a K6-2/350 exhibits no such behavior. I don't have
>that big a drive (two smaller ones, one 3.<something> gigs, one
4.<something>),
>though.
>
>Last summer, when it was hotter-than-stink here, and it was running with
>the cover off (and therefore the built-in fans provided no significant
>airflow over any internal components) the drives were very hot and one
>day seemed to quit working. Took them out and once they cooled it was
>fine again.
This is a box I made out of one of the old Quantex cases. A solid heavy
case that feels like it could take a four story drop with noting more than
a little paint damage, a 250ish watt power supply, and two fans built in
(one sucking air in from the back, the other blowing air out a vent in the
front).
Still, it's very warm in that room, and if dust has collected, it may be
preventing air-flow. I'll try popping the cover off for a few days and see
if that makes the problem go away.
>Re motherboard/BIOS settings, when I unpacked the new board (this past
>April) I verified it had the factory-recommended jumper settings all
>in place, then fired it up. Did no fooling with any CMOS settings other
>than to turn off APM and a few such-like things (e.g. Plug-n-Pray).
I *think* i've got them turned off, but then again I've been fiddling in
CMOS to see if I can fix the problem, so they may have gotten switched on.
>Besides thermal issues, you may wish to run a good RAM diagnostic on
>it overnight (if not longer). I can suggest Memtest86 which is up to
>version 2.1 last I noticed. Go to
>"http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86" for the latest version.
Hmmm.... I'll give that a shot too.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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