So I was using photoshop at work today...

[Keego]

And the computer suddenly rebooted and said something like "power allocation failure" from the bios, so I call the IT guy, and he calls Dell and Dell says it's a *known problem with photoshop and my motherboard*

So I'm getting a new motherboard. The IT guy hosed my system in the meantime, now it won't even boot up

 

[BCYL]

Really? I have never heard of a specific application causing a motherboard to reboot...

 

[Killbat]

ALLOW ME OT FIX YUOR COMPUER!!1!!!!!!!!1!!!

 

[Keego]

Exactly my thoughts on the matter. I think the tech saw that there was a different mobo revision out so he sent it overnight. Watch, I'll have to reformat, and then it'll work just peachy.

 

[Calundronius]

The closest I've ever got to something that wierd is this: My old computer's motherboard (a tyran something) was somehow incompatible with the type of movies interplay used in their video games at the time, causing reboots and freezes. I thought that was kind of wierd, so I checked with my computer's tech support, who confirmed it was a problem, and they even recommended a bunch of bios options I could change...bios options I didn't have. I found plenty of complaints from other tyran mb owners, so I guess thats really what the problem was.

 

[gopunk]

well, i dunno. there's some stuff that i don't understand but still happens, like that whole amd jpeg thing.