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Re: Flakey ROM3



golfrock wrote:
> My ROM3 is acting flakey lately.  Turn on the hard drive, wait (20),
> turn on the computer.  It will POST and then either before the GSOS
> screen or the progress bar begins and at some random point, the
> computer bonks out.  I turn it off and back on in 1-2 seconds and it
> boots up completely, most of the time.  It will not warm boot.  I have
> to turn off the hard disk and start over.
> 
> The machine boots fine with a 3 1/2.  It sure seems to me to be a hard
> drive issue.  I have switched out SCSI cards and the same thing
> happens.  But once it does boot up all the way, it is solid and works
> fine.
> 
> I tried to use the Salvation Defrag program.  It does not seem to work
> that well, particularly if the drive is nearly full.
> 
> I just did a wipe and clean install.  All 7 partitions verify with no
> problems.  It is now copying from my backup drive.
> 
> I suppose it is time for one of those compact flash drives.  What da ya
> think, Henry?
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
Did you check for leaking caps?

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