f8: PC dies while using firefox

[Renich Bon Ciric]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 10:04 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:
> I built a machine about a year ago that started having these same 
> problems about 4 months ago.  I then changed it back to the nv video 
> driver (6150 on-board), but the problems persist.
> 
> The user is very non expert and has difficulty explaining the
> symptoms.
> Last week we ran lots of diagnostics with no errors.  memtest ran for
> 30 
> hours without an error.
> 
> Sitting in front of the system for hours, and performing a complete 
> update (F7)  demonstrates a good machine.  However, 30 minutes after 
> leaving, the user calls to report another hard lock up.
> 
> The user is getting frustrated, and it sure looks to me like a
> hardware 
> issue, but the only common denominator in their usage habits is
> Firefox.

At first, I also thought it was a hardware issue. I checked:

- Bios settings (tried enabling/disabling some stuff)
- HDD (ran smart tests and xfs_check, xfs_repairs on all of them)
- Graphics card (tried different drivers)

As long as I don't use firefox, everything is well. I'll try, for a
period, to use opera or something else... , and leave my PC on.
-- 
Renich Bon Ciric <renich at woralelandia.com>
Woralelandia
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