Hello Every One

[Anton Markov]

I agree with JoeHill.
When I was having constant crashes it was because my CPU was
under-voltaged.  Yet Windows XP kept running perfectly (if slower).  I 
think Linux uses the
hardware more fully, and is more effected by bad hardware. 

If you ever get a crash, try checking the /var/log/messages log for any 
kernel panics.


Anton


JoeHill wrote:

>More likely though is some hardware issue, I'm thinkin' bad RAM. Come to think
>of it, you never did mention how much RAM you have in that machine (you really
>should have at the very least 128, but if you are running KDE or Gnome, those
>can really chew up memory, so 256 is what I usually recommend). I would try
>swapping out the RAM and see if the performance doesn't change.
>
>Also, right after you boot up, open a term and type:
>
>dmesg > dmesg.txt
>
>then open that text file in an editor and look for any errors, esp with regard
>to memory.
>
>  
>

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