On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Tim Wescott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
Boot and run memtest and alternatively grab a bench marking tool for either OS that will thrash the heck out of the CPU/Fans etc and see if you can get it to barf. Should help narrow it down. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
