From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FAXO6-0005yW-A2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:04:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1IJ3sBU016916; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:03:54 GMT Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.69]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1IIw7bi017028 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:58:08 GMT Received: from ibm63aec.bellsouth.net ([65.4.164.72]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060218185806.TZY4163.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm63aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:58:06 -0500 Received: from gandalf ([65.4.164.72]) by ibm63aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060218185806.VZYX5432.ibm63aec.bellsouth.net@gandalf> for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:58:06 -0500 From: "Brett I. Holcomb" Organization: Holcomb & Associates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help? Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:58:05 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200602181358.05719.brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> X-Archives-Salt: 2691b61d-524b-47c9-8315-ead4ac696813 X-Archives-Hash: 200ffe6ed4c1a63b39f4bf2c8d284a53 And he may have a good quality one but it's dying. I had to replace a PC Power and Cooling recently. After 5 years one of the voltages was dropping low. I finally caught it because on an alert by the motherboard monitor which gave me an alarm. That system was doing the same - lock up or quit for unexplained reasons. On Friday February 17 2006 10:43, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mrugesh Karnik [mailto:mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com] > > Sent: 17 February 2006 11:13 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably Snip > > The second and third I've tried. Fourth... Hmm, I'll try to do that. > > > > And yeah, the power cord is plugged in perfectly, I just checked. > > As already suggested the possibility of overheating can be ruled out if > you use a domestic comfort cooling fan and with the case open you > position it to blow across the MOBO and towards the back of the case. A > low/medium setting from some distance is best as you want it to fan out > enough to cover MOBO, drives, etc and not race the fans in the case to > their maximum. I you still get shutdowns then look again at the power > supply. I would heed advice already given - you get what you pay - so > go for a good quality PSU with adequate rating for your system's needs. > -- > Regards, > Mick -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list