From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 11/05/2012 10:32 AM, Jim Beard wrote:   
      
   >   
   > This has me puzzled.  Three Linux OSs not working all but rule out   
   > software as the cause (mentioned earlier, firmware is a remote   
   > possibility, but very remote), but Windows 7 still working is strange.   
   >   
   > Do the Linux systems use analog and Windows 7 use HDMI, or the reverse?   
   >   
   > It is also conceivable (remote possibility) that Windows drivers are   
   > more tolerant of poor power supply or certain types of hardware   
   > malfunction, but I would not expect that, nor expect that Windows 7   
   > would hold up for long if that were the case.   
   >   
   > Cheers!   
   >   
   > jim b.   
   >   
   Speculation: If Windows is on a different hard drive than the Linux   
   systems, failure of the Linux hard drive would not necessarily affect   
   Windows. That happened to me once.   
      
   TJ   
      
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