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From: doug@sequent.csci.unt.edu (Douglas A. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Serious problem with machine locking up.
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.021706.25765@solo.csci.unt.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 02:17:06 GMT
Sender: Douglas Scott
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Organization: University of North Texas, Denton
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Originator: doug@ponder.csci.unt.edu

Here is the situation.  I will be working, doing nothing special at all,
perhaps typing in a Terminal or something.  Suddenly I cannot type anything,
cannot move the cursor using the mouse, nothing.

The clock on the prefs icon continues to run.

I cannot even get to the nmi using command-command-tilde.  Nothing.

The ONLY thing I can get to happen is the warning panel WILL pop up if
I hit the power key, but I cannot either accept or cancel, since the keyboard
wont respond otherwise, and the mouse is dead.

I have to UNPLUG the machine and start from scratch (fscks and all...ugh!)

Anybody else seen this?  I am running OS 1.0a with 330 Mb drive and 12mb RAM.

Oh yes...there are NO messages anywhere concerning the problem after I come
back up.

Also, if I try to restart too soon, reboot fails in the "Testing System"
panel!

Am I overheating?  The cube sits on a wood floor with plenty of room to
breathe.

Thanks for any suggestions!!

Please reply via email...I cannot log in to the news machine every day.

P.S.  It only happened for a period of a week or two, and then stopped...
but who knows when it might happen again?

Thanks!!

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Douglas Scott
zardoz!doug%woof.columbia.edu