This honeestly doesnot sound like a Software ingested problem. I think its a heat problem. Check your fan to make sure it is running good(touch it lightly, if stops real easy it's dying) or maybe there is a wire hanging on it, the edge of a cable.. etc.
I have had the same problem with numerous systems(and fans are dirt cheap) HTH Bill Day Linux 2.2.20-1tr i586 9:09am up 14 days, 21:37, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 We're still up at irc.openprojects.net @ #linux-users or irc.freenode.net @ #linux-users http://counter.li.org #83358 http://sxs.daysdomain.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "James McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Re: OK my hardware is screwed how to I diagnose it? > > > > > > > All had been going well running RH7.2-8.0 Until it started freezing and > spontaneously rebooting.... > > > > My first question is what has changed vis-a-vis your software? I'll > readily > > concede hardware is at fault, my first suspect is software. New drivers? > > Some "upgraded" from RHN? A whiz-bang-wowie application? > > > Good question it's got a Nvidia nforce chip set so the Video will not work > until you download and install the Nvidia (closed source) drivers. > > One version of them didn't work under RH7.3 and so I went back to the older > version. > > Then one day X started taking like a minute to load up and also would fail > out at odd moments. > > I think your right re software but I think that there may be a hw issue now > as I installed (forgive me) XP to see if it was OS specific and I have the > same weird failures. Although windows completey reboots itself as oposed to > linux just falling out of X. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/02 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
