From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LYrAc-0008Vk-D5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:17:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90993E0425; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:16:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f20.google.com (mail-fx0-f20.google.com [209.85.220.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4C7E0425 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:16:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so5465623fxm.10 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:16:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=QPnmNHM6bbbtLsVVx87oJBNNbV0/fu3KKCgZ6k3Bzpw=; b=DFo4/oPKhm7O6KsTCGZvcc5ODNBpshkZ4fH/UIegSDr1ZfEUIVEOpNjymAZ7yHpobD IZMtXqBaWFH91NOT18u4p5QTd9YsAZK8zb2bQsQNqvHzQkqtSFNRk6RkBotXDK3JN2Mj /pPuBYxglkdxBz5+mIlqh2SRv+Rg4oVwQ2XbQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=cE0jzwoZAbDB1Htdar8sBPR6VQJquF2yShkoq5IVr1ROCW7RdFyYEVhV8EkDSRoDy9 viP7336alpTfxnmDoVYbAQ/7bh8mvtapr61bmVwjasnsRK09LKj9lhj9bnKmzQszx2/b 7SCH4I+MT0peKcXpPrm0hxhYbLJbZhZEaSrSw= Received: by 10.181.135.12 with SMTP id m12mr1093412bkn.34.1234743418617; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:16:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm3872534bwz.84.2009.02.15.16.16.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:16:58 -0800 (PST) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] spontaneous reboots.. what to look for Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:16:53 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.0 (Linux/2.6.27.17r4; KDE/4.2.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <87wsbrs1vv.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87wsbrs1vv.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.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: <200902160116.53639.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: cfa2093b-0279-4e85-a8b4-926fbd254eb1 X-Archives-Hash: 661b451bce6692153fb88b1aa9b58c91 So the problem started recently. That means it is either: a cap going bad. oxidized contacts. dust clogging the fans. PSU is going bad. something obscure. Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? Congratulation, you need new hardware. If you don't find a bad cap and the problem persists, get a new PSU. A good one. Not big - most PSUs are oversized, but good quality. Anandtech has something about psu's, so does tomshardware (most of their tests are rubbish, but their psu tests are ok). If the problem goes away, congratulation! If not, well, then report back ;)