debain (lenny) locking up

[perpin]

I installed with no problem. I have 2 hd's one with winxp3-32bit the other with debain-amd64. When i move a window on the desktop or try to scroll in a window the text gets out of whack and computer locks up. Any ideas on the problem?

asus a8n32 sli deluxe mobo
2 nvidia 7800gt's...in sli
segate barraccuda 500g hd(winxp)
wd 200g hd(linux)

[reed9]

This is for Ubuntu but the info is largely distro agnostic.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Freeze

[perpin]

thx for the info but the whole computer locks up. Cant do anything when it does......Any other help?

[devils casper]

Have you installed Nvidia Driver? Try using "vesa" driver in xorg.conf file.

[pfred1]

thx for the info but the whole computer locks up. Cant do anything when it does......Any other help?

Last time I had that problem it was bad capacitors on the motherboard. Comp would work fine until the system load was just a bit more than the bad capacitors could handle then the whole machine would lock hard. Only way to reboot it was to cycle the power. So look on your motherboard for leaking or bulged top capacitors. I know it was a tricky one for me to figure out.

I'll give you an idea of how sensitive the problem is. That machine could do a text install but would freeze up in the graphical install. It could start X Window then die doing a kernel compile.

Even if they're not leaking if you have any capacitors in your system that say "TEAPO" on them be afraid, be very afraid! For more information about this topic search the web with the phrase "capacitor plague". That should bring up more about the issue.

P.S. a bad power supply can stress the capacitors to the point where they fail. So don't just change your motherboard, consider the power supply of that system suspect as well! Or you might just be putting another motherboard into the fire so to speak.