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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: X11 problem (Stealth64)
Message-ID: <DL84GC.998.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <4d6trt$gg5@bambam.soi.city.ac.uk> <4dcp3d$hgr@news.n2.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:07:24 GMT
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In article <4dcp3d$hgr@news.n2.net> jgibbons@n2.net (Jeff Gibbons) writes:
>: after a random amount of time the display locks up and . . .
This probably won't help, but just in case...
I once encountered a machine (486DX33) which starting locking up when
I put a new graphics card in it (Orchid S3). The problem was fixed by
turning off "Hidden refresh" in the BIOS configuration.
-- Richard
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