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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 16:41:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
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To: Ron Tarrant <rtarrant@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: Spontanious Reset While Compiling Kernel
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Ron Tarrant wrote:

> What happens is, part way through compiling the kernel, the computer 
> spontaneously resets and starts a POST.

I had a similar problem a while back; turned out to be flaky RAM. Once I
replaced the questionable RAM with a quality piece from a reputable
vendor, the problems went away.

HTH.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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