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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