My system has started the random lockup, just freezes with no warning and no error messages, requiring a power down to get it going again. The last time this happened the screen came up with the wrong resolution and now my display properties screen doesn't recognize my Acer monitor. It calls it a "Generic Non PnP monitor" and won't give me the proper resolution option for its size (1680x1050). The DVI port failed on it a few weeks back but it has been running fine on VGA.
If it were just the fail-to-recognize issue I'd be pretty sure it was the monitor but I've never seen a monitor cause a system to freeze. Has anyone else?
I'll be getting a spare monitor to test it this weekend but I thought I'd ask the masses if anyone has seen this happen while I'm in testing limbo.