[arch] Issues with instability

[RedShift]

Mikkel Poulsen wrote:
> 
> 
> 2007/1/6, RedShift <redshift at pandora.be <mailto:redshift at pandora.be>>:
> 
>     Did you check if your graphics card is OK?
> 
>     Mikkel Poulsen wrote:
>      > Hi
>      >
>      > Few days ago I thought it was time to change my old cheap DDR RAM, to
>      > something better - Kingston ValueRAM. But since then it have lead
>     me to
>      > instability issues. My computers begin to freeze suddenly, and my
>     screen
>      > behaves weird (like hsync and vsync is not right.
>      > This doesn't make any sence to me since my old RAM had 100's of
>     errors
>      > while my new Kingston ValueRAM have zero of errors (according to
>     memtest).
>      >
>      > Could my RAM be damaged or something?
>      >
>      > --
>      > Cheers - Mikkel Poulsen
>      >
>      > [proud Linux user]
>      >
>      >
>      >
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> 
> It seems a bit strange since I have been using this Nvidia 6600 graphic 
> card for about a year without issues.
> 

Things break. Check for sure. You never know. Also check out the 
powersupply, weird stuff happens when you have b0rked PSU. Don't forget 
the hard disk too, use smartmontools to analyze it.


> -- 
> Cheers - Mikkel Poulsen
> 
> [proud Linux user]