The only other thing that comes to mind in a situation such as yours, would
be a to replace the power supply! It could be that the power is not steady
and may be fluctuating. If this is the case, all the components in your
system could be at risk as well.

Good Luck,   Steve Wolfe


----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Stone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Hardware Problems


> I have a Compaq (5600 something) Pentium 2 /450/256 ram/13 Gig hard drive.
> I have had this computer for a long time and it gave enough trouble in the
> first month that Compaq put damned near everything new in the case.  I
have
> put a zip, rec cd in it and it has been working just fine for a long time.
> A few months ago the screen started flickering really bad.  I figured the
> monitor was going bad and tried another one.  That worked real good for a
> couple of weeks and then did the same thing.  I put back the other monitor
> and had no more problems for a pretty good while.  It started doing the
same
> thing a couple of weeks ago and I checked all connections, cleaned the
> boards and sockets again and it worked just fine.  I narrowed it down to
> what I thought must have been the video card and replaced it with an ati
32
> meg graphic card and that fixed it for a few days.  Now I'm having the
same
> problem.  I thought it may have been heat and checked all of the fans and
> they seem OK.  It is very intermittent and I'm not sure where to look
next.
> I have good components to go into a new system but can't really afford it
> right now.  If any of you have any ideas please post to the list or I
would
> appreciate a private post.
> Thanks in advance,
> Randall Stone
> Gallatin, TN

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