This is _not_ really a Linux issue, because we're seeing basically the same behavior under both Linux and Windows.
The computer is a built-box, with an Azus P5NSLI motherboard, somewhere between one to three years old. Any time it gets left on too long it resets. Working on it tonight, I noticed that if you're in Linux when this happens you get the two blinking keyboard lights which (I think, at least) indicates a kernel panic; they stay on for about ten seconds before the thing reboots. It seems to be a heat problem -- the problem takes a long time to happen from a cold start, but will happen often when you're using the box hard, shut down for a bit and it'll take a bit longer to happen the first time, etc. What I _don't_ know, since I purposely stopped being current with PC maintenance about ten years ago, is (a) if there's anything I can do to verify this other than by swapping parts (the fans do all run -- I know that), (b) if this could be anything other than the motherboard or memory (i.e. is there any chance this is the power supply?), and (c) what I might do to isolate the problem without having to run out and buy a bunch of parts. Clearly if I want to start swapping parts I can just go by a nifty new motherboard, which will force me to buy a nifty new processor and nifty new memory -- I want to avoid that if I can, particularly if that'll just lead me to finding out that the power supply is intermittent. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
