On 01/03/11 14:03, Peter Miller wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have an intermittent fault that *seems* to trigger based on > temperature. The machine boots ok, but turns itself off after 2-3 > minutes. This happens even if you use DEL to get into bios setup. > BIOS setup says CPU temp is 36 degrees C. When the temperature is > lower, the machine will run faultlessly for weeks at a time. Well, I > *think* it's a temperature thing. > > I changed out the power supply: no change. I unplugged all disks: no > change. That leaves me with the mobo or the CPU. > > Any ideas what this is? Ideas for testing what the heck is going on? >
How does the thermal paste between the CPU and fan/heatsink look? If it's finally gone off, it's effectiveness can be significantly reduced. If you want a better feeling for whether temperature is the issue and you have lm-sensors configured, you could write a script to poll the temp and then load up the CPU. Scott _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
