Re: NT4 SP2 crashes with a black screen

Eric Fagan ( (no email) )
Sun, 6 Jul 1997 01:39:02 -0600

Sounds like hardware failure. You should get a BSOD if it was a software
bug or NT crash, and a corresponding entry in the log. The machine should
also reboot, which it's not doing. Something's happening to the computer
that's not even giving NT a chance to respond or log.

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> From: Jack Olszewski <jacek@hermes.net.au>
> To: NTISP@emerald.iea.com
> Cc: derek
> Subject: NT4 SP2 crashes with a black screen
> Date: Sunday, July 06, 1997 12:49 AM
>
> Has anybody experienced a crash of an NT4 SP2 server the symptomps of
> which are:
> black screen,
> complete lack of any reaction to keyboard and mouse,
> qrlogind does not respond to any rlogin attempts from
> another machine in the same lan.
>
> After reboot, there is no sign of the crash in any logs, and the machine
> is working okay as though nothing has happenned.
>
> It happenned to me twice, the first time 3 weeks ago, and today - an hour
> ago.
>
> Perhaps somebody has had a similar experience, and might have advice as
to
> possible explanation/prevention.
>
> Regards, Jack.
>
> Jack Olszewski
> ph/fax +61 47 574339
> ph +61 2 97716545
>
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