Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-07-05 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 19:18:25 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello again, Dale. > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:23:14 -0500, Dale wrote: > > To, OP.  I was hoping you found a solution.  Maybe you will at some > > point,  You have certainly eliminated a lot of potential causes.  I > > can't

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-11 Thread Wols Lists
On 11/06/18 20:11, R0b0t1 wrote: > AMD is an American company based out of California. However rereading > the post I notice he is using Euros, in which case there are likely > even stronger guarantees of fitness for a particular purpose. I > suppose it doesn't help that the seller seems to have

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-11 Thread R0b0t1
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Wol's lists wrote: > > > On 11/06/18 16:30, R0b0t1 wrote: >> >> Federal law implies a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose* >> from the seller, not the manufacturer. You can take it up with them. >> The statute of limitations is 4 years. Make them deal

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-11 Thread Wol's lists
On 11/06/18 16:30, R0b0t1 wrote: Federal law implies a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose* from the seller, not the manufacturer. You can take it up with them. The statute of limitations is 4 years. Make them deal with AMD. Please read the parent post !!! The seller no longer

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-11 Thread R0b0t1
On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, >> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a >> sustained period. So I'm unlikely to

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello again, Dale. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:23:14 -0500, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, > >> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-10 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, >> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a >> sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor >>

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-10 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, > with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a > sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor > exchanged for an

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 13:51:24 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Dale. > > Sorry for not replying earlier, I've had a rotten week. > >> Dale > No problem.  I have my days too.  :/  > Did you find the problem and get it fixed?  Just curious.  I haven't

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-06-06 Thread Dale
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Dale. > > Sorry for not replying earlier, I've had a rotten week. > > > >> Dale >> No problem.  I have my days too.  :/  Did you find the problem and get it fixed?  Just curious.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Dale. Sorry for not replying earlier, I've had a rotten week. On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 17:35:19 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. > > It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-25 Thread Adam Carter
> > > Could be. I bought CPU only a month or so after release. > > Initially thought it was an enlightenment desktop issue but have > > reproduced on KDE and xfce. It happens usually when doing something > > quite simple like clicking on a Window to minimise or just in a > > terminal. Nothing

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-24 Thread jdm
On Fri, 25 May 2018 05:29:28 + john wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018 18:31:35 -0400 > Rich Freeman wrote: > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 7:21 PM john wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 May 2018 23:20:36 +0100 > > > Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-24 Thread john
On Thu, 24 May 2018 18:31:35 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 7:21 PM john wrote: > > On Sun, 20 May 2018 23:20:36 +0100 > > Mick wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:54:32 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 7:21 PM john wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2018 23:20:36 +0100 > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:54:32 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > > > My system is an AMD Ryzen processor on an Asus Prime X370-Pro > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-24 Thread john
On Sun, 20 May 2018 23:20:36 +0100 Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:54:32 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting > > spontaneously. It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four > > weeks.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-21 Thread Wols Lists
On 21/05/18 10:08, Mick wrote: > PS. I use Corsair PSUs and always spend more on them to make sure it is not > the cheapest model. A middle of the range modular unit comes with Japanese > capacitors and has not caused me problems in various builds. In cheaper > models I've ended up replacing

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-21 Thread Corbin Bird
On 05/20/2018 03:54 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. > It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four weeks. I think that when > I'm in X, the system usually reboots, when I'm on a tty, it hangs. --- > Other than

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-21 Thread Mick
On Monday, 21 May 2018 01:20:21 BST Dale wrote: > Adam Carter wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Dale > > > > wrote: > > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > > > I'm having problems with my machine

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread Dale
Adam Carter wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Dale > wrote: > > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting > spontaneously. > > It's doing this,

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread Adam Carter
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. > > It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four weeks. I think that when > > I'm in X, the system

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread Dale
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. > It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four weeks. I think that when > I'm in X, the system usually reboots, when I'm on a tty, it hangs. > > This phenomenon has, up till now,

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:54:32 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. > It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four weeks. I think that when > I'm in X, the system usually reboots, when I'm on a tty, it hangs. >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
First suspect the power line, brief surges/sags can do that( do you have access to a ups?).    Is your' power supply near it's limits?  That can make power supplies rather sensitive.  Could it be static electricity?  You can actually make a really good antistatic spray cheaply for any

[gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

2018-05-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. I'm having problems with my machine hanging or rebooting spontaneously. It's doing this, perhaps, every three or four weeks. I think that when I'm in X, the system usually reboots, when I'm on a tty, it hangs. This phenomenon has, up till now, been just below the level at which