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Re: Need some good PC diagnostics

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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:04
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In article <1992Aug20.173104.23183@ornl.gov> lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L) writes:
>I'm having one of those maddeningly intermittent problems with my
>Zeos 486/33 wherein the machine hangs completely at what seems like
>random moments.  Everything stops and nothing but the RESET button
>can recover.  It's happened in Windows 3.0, in Windows 3.1, and in 
>plain ol' DOS as well.
>
>Dan Million               Internet:  milliondl@ornl.gov

I got a 486/50DX from EPS Technologies last week. The machine hangs due to
memory parity error. It happened very often. So I add a third fan inside the
computer case. This helped a lot. But I still got some parity error about
every hour or so. If I slide the cover about 2 inches back and still keep
the third fan inside, the problem seems just gone away. Obviously, the
machine is TOO HOT. Your case may be different.

Since I can't live with computer case always opened, I called EPS several times
Tuesday. Their tech. support guys were always busy. I was thinking of a
motherboard replacement or something like that. Now that they never call
back, I think I will just return the machine and get my money back.

Can somebody recomment a good, trouble free 486/50DX or maybe 66/DX2?
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