On Wed December 8 2004 5:09 pm, Dylan wrote:
On Wednesday 08 Dec 2004 21:56 pm, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
Hi Steven ,
Altho I've been away from IBM for 14 yrs, I'll venture that the phrase "Machine Check" is a very strong indication of a hardware problem.
The *same* fault on four separate machines at the same time?
Absolutely! If a chipset is bad or "marginal," it's very possible. Not that long ago, I tried getting 9.1 to run on all 10 of 10 Gateways. I was hesitant to even try it as I KNOW most of their systems are less than spec. I was right.......6 of 10 had the SAME problem - a chipset problem. EVEN XP didn't like them very much. Fred -- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah