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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:40 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have started experiencing a problem last night, where one of my Debian
> Woody machines spontaneously rebooted.
> But the real problem is it kept rebooting on bootup, it would get to
> detecting the hdd's, and I think then try init, but reboot.
> This was on kernel 2.4.20.
> I then booted into the 2.4.18-bf24 kernel, and that worked OK.
> I re-built kernel 2.4.20, installed it, but with no luck, it still kept
> rebooting.
> I then downloaded kernel 2.4.24, and that has the same problems!
>
> Then this morning, the machine, on kernel 2.4.18 rebooted again, however,
> it came back up fine on that kernel.
>
> Would anyone have any thoughts as to
> 1: why it keeps rebooting when booting up in any kernel but bf24
> 2: why it would be spontaneously rebooting, would it most likely be
> hardware? perhaps the power supply?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
I had a machine (Dell GX-Pro...ie, ancient) that was suffering apparently
random and spontaneous reboots. Turned out when I'd moved it onto its side
(standing on its side like a tower - it's actually a flat desktop case) the
power connector to the motherboard wasn't plugged in properly and was only
*just* making contact.
So when the cleaners came bashing around with their vacuum cleaners and
what-not, the power connector wobbled just enough to interrupt the power
supply to the mobo - bingo! Instant reset. After plugging the power
connector in properly eventhing was fine :)
Bottom line - it's probably a hardware fault. Look for:
1. Poor connections - ISA/PCI/AGP slots, power, ribbon cables etc.
2. Cooling problems - CPU heatsink correctly fitted, fans running etc.
3. Dust puppies - these clog cooling fans and heat-sinks (see #2).
4. Component failure - if you have enough spare parts, try swapping out one
piece of hardware at a time until you track down what's not behaving.
Good luck.
James
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Fortune cookies says:
Q: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office?
A: You do all of the work and the fat guy in the suit
gets all the credit.
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