Check the temp of your CPU fan and heat sink...I've noticed, in the past, that if the CPU isn't being kept cool enough, what will happen is exactly what you described.
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Jason Dale wrote: > Hi : > > I am going to take a shot in the dark on this one , and I COULD > most definitely be wrong , so anyone on this list is more than welcome to > correct me if I am ;) > > 'k7' sounds like an AMD system to me , and if that is the case , I'll wager > that > the problem has got nothing to do with your operating system or the > application layer. > > I have an AMD Athlon system at home running Windows 98 ( tsk , tsk ). I use > this > computer for gaming , but even when the computer is not doing anything , it > shuts off > and reboots for no apparent reason. Just like that. I have had the PC > checked out from > top to bottom and everything looks OK. What's more , the PC hangs on quite a > consistent basis , sometimes even before it reads the BIOS. This makes my > self-indulgent > game playing more frustrating than relaxing ;) > > I work for a software company that provides internet and time and attendance > solutions for > a variety of different clients , and one of our clients used an AMD system > for an exchange > server , and that company had the same types of hassles. After checking > everything from > RAM to hard drives , they replaced the entire motherboard with a PIII , and > the problems > dissappeared forever. > > The moral of the story : Don't run anything important on an AMD machine. > They are great > on performance , but crappy on stability. Go for an Intel Pentium processor > instead. They > are more expensive , but worth the lolly. > > Regards , Jason Dale > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vvor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:38 PM > Subject: system shutting down, etc. > > > > my system is shutting down on its own. > > > > k7sem > > 300w psu > > 390+ ram > > > > three times in 24 hours, it just suddenly shut off. then, when rebooting, > it > > says to fsck manually. then, when i ok this, it asks me about all these > really > > really intuitive i_node blocks and bad sectors continually. naturally, i > have > > all the i_nodes memorized on my computer. > > > > i booted to cmos mode, left it running for a while without problems (no > > shutdown). > > > > before i build a new computer, i was wondering if this could be a virus. > does > > anyone know of a virus that can shut down, like pulling the power out? or > is > > this a motherboard problem? > > > > lost and confused, > > vora > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
