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To: Alf who wrote (517)	4/27/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Shredded Monitors When scandisc reports a fragmented file I always tell it to fix it and then I always answer no to saving the old file. What am I going to do with a fragmented file? put it back together!! Unless you have some critical data in the file you will not need it. After a non normal boot and a fix it is a good idea to do a shut down and start up to make sure everything is booting properly. Scandisc will mark any bad sectors for you. Once they are marked they will not be used any more by your software. The scan that is automatically initiated on boot up with Win95 B is only a file/directory scan. You need to do a thorough scan to check the harddrive for bad sectors. Just execute scandisk and choose the thorough option. It will take quite a bit longer than a normal scan so choose a time when you do not need your computer for an hour or so (depending on the size of your harddrive). To check for device conflicts go to settings in the start menu then control panel then system and then device manager. If there is a device conflict there will be an exclamation point in a yellow highlite next to the conflicting device. If everything is factory installed you should not have any conflicts, but check anyway. I still believe you have a software conflict with something from an incompatible web page. It sounds like it manifests itself first with the video driver. What is Opera, a browser? I believe first your computer locks up , then when you are forced to shut down with the power switch you fragment the Netscape files that are open. Is it a total lock up or can you control alt delete and close programs? I would suggest downloading and installing a later version of your video driver. The effort should be worth it even if it does not solve this problem. You may notice a bit of a performance increase with a new driver. If you already have the latest driver I would suggest downloading and reinstalling just in case it may have been corrupted in one of the system shutdowns. You might also try changing the display settings, Try a lower resolution and fewer colors, it is a long shot but see if it makes a difference. Is the Zdnet site the only place this occurs? Zeuspaul

To: Alf who wrote (517)	4/27/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: Spots	Respond to of 14778

Tim, Zeuspaul's suggestion about the video driver is probably your best bet; it's likely that or something related is at least part of your problem. In particular, the sort of video breakup you describe is often caused by operating a monitor at the upper end of it's sync/resolution range (or slightly out of range). It can be caused by the monitor, the driver, the video board, or a combination. Usually an updated driver will at least reduce the likelihood it's the driver. Also, if a web site causes your browser to feed a poison pill to the video driver, that will usually cause a system lockup (the lockup probably causes your file corruption problems rather than the reverse). If you have an older video card, consider replacing it with one of the very modestly priced current screamers. Next to disks, now one of the best bargains around. Best of luck Spots