From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Pt7oF-0001Gl-Jh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:14:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 864F11C057 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:14:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F931C01F for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so1449650yxm.40 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:10:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4jFut/+G81sjfusRKNaReoa3YqtipA8xBpJghacTUeI=; b=Z3Uw+4221WWqw57FZIbiI+h4wR90bHl/W/e/qvIXuvpokfb/3X+hErxzYWiHOKvz8O dJCDyy9Oyx1v019q2MkpCrJnro6BK8xYRUrO9YpL9/xHWiIoUM05nCHERos3hLWpp7Bf IL04I7E8FqFo1wX0RBBUhw9ksWzkCbXizRewU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AhEaU2Q4tlLMiWEx0cmcihkXMt8oBSHZKbEAjn5lPQZC4vh5PmKJToF3+m+eqhoMK+ pP9js47lJNx2Y51am1ZGvLksoh/dQ4h7ZqtJ7ZUg1URgb71BmUEcAVdR51sYpPEzLKuM H6yU60QYNfzpFPEsEEMBrtwNwRzb5GR9xf1Pg= Received: by 10.90.65.10 with SMTP id n10mr4491395aga.4.1298675414958; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-0-94-193.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.193]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x31sm1411367ana.29.2011.02.25.15.10.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:10:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D6836D4.3000609@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:10:12 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110217 Gentoo/2.0.11 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Random reboots. Where to start? References: <4D67CBC0.4000604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 72c02c3ebc625e2f40a2ba3b1f978d9d Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-02-25, Dale wrote: > > >> Well, I think my machine is possessed or something. I'm getting random >> reboots here. When it does this, it is like hitting the reset button. >> It is sitting on the grub screen when it does this. I noticed the first >> time the other day and this was before adding the extra memory. I >> seemed to be stable at 4Gbs but I seem to be rebooting at random. I ran >> memtest yesterday, it checked fine. >> > By "memtest" I assume mean memtest86? > > In my experience, you should let it run multiple passes (I'd recommend > at least 4 or 4 -- I would imagine it'll take a couple days). I've > seen situations where it was OK on the initial pass, and then failed > later. > > The other likely suspect is probably the power supply. > > Correct. To sort of help rule out the OS on the hard drive, I ran memtest from a USB stick. It made it through 2 full passes with no errors. Since this is my main rig, I can't go to long without it. I get to shaking from withdrawal and such as that. :-( I got a good power supply but it could still be that. Even the best and most expensive break from time to time. I think I could swap mine out from my old rig if needed. This new rig doesn't pull near as much as my old one. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)