Tim Wescott 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. > Ever take the CPU fan off and clean the heat sink? I have some machines in industrial control environments that I clean every spring before the hot weather hits. Wayne
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