Could be something intermittent in your power supply. On Saturday 14 June 2003 23:11, Javier Hernandez wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a strange problem with one of my computers and I > am not able to discover where is the problem. Maybe someone > on the list have had a similar experience... > > The computer aparently is running normally but suddenly it > reboot itself without any warning or message. > > Sometimes it happen whan I am not at home so when I arrive > I found the computer at the initial boot prompt, but also > a couple of times the computer have reboot while I was > working on it. > > CPU: AMD XP 1800+ > Motherboard: QDI KuDoz 7 > RAM: 512MB > 2 SCSI HDs > 2 IDE HDs > Distro: Caldera Openlinux 3.1.1 > > At the beginning I though that the problem was because of > the temperature (BIOS Health Control) so I tested different > setting but still the problem is there from time to time. > (Now the Health Control is disable but still I get the > problem from time to time). > Here is summer and temperatures inside could be around > 30� C (Outside temperature yesterday around 36� C). > > The problem is that I can not find any messages or hint > about the problem in any of the files at /var/log/ > subdirectory or any other place. > > I wonder if there is any log file or similar that could > keep valuable information when a reboot happens. > > I have left the machine running Win98 (one test partition) > for 12 hrs and I did not get a reboot but I have had the > machine running Openlinux 3.1.1 for longer and nothing > have happened. I am afraid it is a radom problem. > > :( > > The thing is that this computer is the one I use most of > the time (24 hrs. a day) to connect to the Net (DSL) and > it is really annoying coming home and found out that the > computer have been rebooted. > > I would really appreciate any suggestions you have because > I am really crazy about this problem. > > Best regards,
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