Tony,
Thanks for the great tips. I do have to DVD & CD-RW drives. I'll look into
it and see if it will solve the problem. Will let everyone know how it turn
out.

Sincerely,

John.


>From: Tony Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Display & Restart problems
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:11:27 -0700
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>Since you've asked for more suggestions...
>I used to have random locking up, "blue screen of death" and occasional
>reboots.  The first time I had the problem, it turned out to be a cd-RW
>drive that was on it's way out.  The second time, it was due to having
>my DVD and CD-RW drives on the same connector.  I obtained a PCI ATA-100
>controller card and moved the DVD on to that.  So now, I have my HD on
>IDE-0 (on the m/b) and my CD-RW on IDE-1 (on the m/b) and my DVD is
>connected to the controller card.  No problems since I set it up that way
>:)
>
>Tony Mayer
>Sysop
>The Magic FunHouse BBS
>http://bbs.magicom.net
>
>
>  > I've tried to keep this as brief as possible, and I've gone for what
>I see
>>as the most obvious, but does anyone else have anymore suggestions?
>>I'm sure they would be welcomed.
>>Michele Sayer
>
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