It could be a power supply problem, too. I seen it when one of the power rails gets flakey the computer will do funny things. If you have another power supply connect it - you don't have to install it but just put it beside the box and then hook it up. If it works you have found the problem.
For overheating clean everything well - get rid of dust, etc. and then open the case and use an external fan to blow air in the case. > > From: Mrugesh Karnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/16 Thu PM 05:47:49 EST > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help? > > Hi, > > I've been having issues with the computer shutting down automatically. Makes > me wonder if it's an over heating problem. The system (AMD Sempron 2500+, MSI > K8M800 mobo, two Seagate HDDs, an LG DVD Burner and a GB of RAM) has > developed a habit of shutting down or restarting randomly, no matter what OS > I'm using. > > A few days ago, the system shut itself down. I pressed the start switch but > it > would not respond, instead the power LED just kept blinking. I thought it to > be an overheating issue and let it cool off for a bit. It worked fine for a > few days and then this phenomenon just kept repeating itself and the > frequency increased. There were a few lockups in between too. This would > happen when running and update world while running Azureus in KDE or even > when I was doing something as trivial as just chatting. > > One day, the system refused to start. I pressed the start switch after a few > minutes of such a shutdown and all that happened was I could see the power, > HDD LEDs and the DVD burner's LED all glowing, but the monitor wouldn't > start. The CPU fan would be working. I let the thing sleep for a few hours. > > Later, I though I'd just run memtest to check if the RAM modules aren't > causing any trouble. The pc actually started this time, but as soon as the > memtest86+ screen came up, the thing shut itself down once again. > > Next day, I had the system lock up twice while editing the BIOS settings. > This > time I decided to dig out the processor and take the board and the processor > to the dealer for checkup. Turns out that the processor had got stuck to the > heat sink. After separating and reinstalling the two, the system worked fine > for a few days. > > Now, again, a couple of days ago, I had the shut down. This time I decided to > keep the room as cool as possible and have been running the computer with the > lid open. But then again, just a few minutes ago, I had the shutdown while > compiling K3B while running KDE and Azureus. Since then I've put up ksensors > to check the temperature constantly. It's showing a pretty neat 35C right > now, running Azureus, Kmail and Kopete. > > Anyway, the point of this loooooooooooong emails is that I haven't exactly > pin > pointed the problem. If anyone thinks this is something other than over > heating, please reply. > > Thank you, > Mrugesh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
