Hello IVAN.

27 Nov 98 13:07, IVAN TODOROSKI wrote to DONNIE BENNERS:

 IT>   The mouse freezes?!? Ouch! I don't think WathcDog can help you
 IT> then...
 IT>   My experience with OS/2 is that as long as the mouse works, you know
 IT>   that at least a part of the system still works, especially
 IT> background
 IT>   programs like WatchDog, even if the PM hangs. But if the mouse
 IT>   freezes, then either you pulled your mouse cable too hard :) or the
 IT>   system is totally, completely and utterly dead. The mouse is one of
 IT>   the last things to go...

 IT>   But these deaths are EXTREMELY rare events, infact if it's really an
 IT>   OS bug then it would probably turn up as a trap... I would strongly
 IT>   suspect your hardware if I were you. Check the cabling of your
 IT>   motherboard and hard disks, and maybe you have failing RAM modules
 IT> or
 IT>   something.

 IT>   The best way to diagnose this is to run your existing setup on a
 IT>   different machine, and see if it hangs there.

That's probably what I'll do when I get the time. The computer that locks
up is running the BBS, and right now, it's located at Dad's. I have to
reboot it every week or so. Sometimes as often as 2 times a week.

Thanks
Donnie

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