The way they make things now, they don’t last as long so that you will have to spend more money for more equipment. On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, at 22:22, Jim wrote: > I had thought that it might be getting old, but I only bought the video card new 3 years ago. How long should one last? Psensor shows the temperature of the card at 77°C, but the specs show the maximum allowed temperature is 102°C. It just started doing this a few days ago. I guess I could go into my parts box and find another video card to put in there until I get a chance to buy a new one. > > thanks > > On 8/25/19 10:13 PM, Harold Hartley wrote: > > I might mean that the hardware on the video card may be getting a little to warm or wearing out. Something to think about if it’s a dinosaur. > > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, at 21:56, Jim wrote: > >> I have a dinosaur running Kubuntu 18.04 with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L > >> motherboard and an Intel Core 2 duo E6850 CPU and 8GB RAM. For a video > >> card, I have a GeForce GT 520. A few days ago it started acting up. > >> Now, at random, it acts as if the video card shuts off. Both monitors > >> give a no signal message. However, the software I had running continues > >> running. I know this because the dinosaur still plays the audio. The > >> keyboard doesn't respond. crtl+alt+backspace doesn't work. I can ssh > >> into it, but it won't reboot. The only thing I can do to recover is to > >> hold down the power switch until it shuts off, then turn it on again. > >> > >> Any idea what this might be? > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > > Harold Hartley > > 17632 N. 5th place > > Phoenix, AZ 85022 > > wheelie207@ownmail.net > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Harold Hartley 17632 N. 5th place Phoenix, AZ 85022 wheelie207@ownmail.net