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 1PtTLg-0003yb-DX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:14:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7D0C1C0B3 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f51.google.com (mail-gw0-f51.google.com [74.125.83.51]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57191C08A for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so1736709gwb.10 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:52:23 -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=yFB5D8eNZrHH7K3V4v0O9FD5NzqPSZGcund+9MLCzFE=; b=MwTplS9wyPEWPQpcZhn+YJLMdqwpmlozskwv3cDMyN6mxi5OTng4L6dwEMCEElyq+Y igqzQbrp2Av2tBsWYgAqrRDhsxoRkFD21CjcLtvuQaRmk8IbRAKAvz9SHAkegtZ6dpQL 9X0fNSpPrSTwbJ784BKitHGHC8ERGU90UyXUM= 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=Ylk44FGT7vL4okodV097km/NexNXyY7Vyg/x1kW/CaC0q4HJytmOJ5ZkE18oc1MA5E qFov9mYQDCAWd3xFEqMkJ3MHLTF9ItLn+r7tUSnUF2WF2EoQEdoEHrlklwv+yzkhZaB7 rRiO19SRBuu+OYhFNPqX+bm0k5UjZhBCTscwQ= Received: by 10.100.43.7 with SMTP id q7mr1613731anq.145.1298760743250; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:52:23 -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 f10sm2719878anh.25.2011.02.26.14.52.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:52:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D698424.3010706@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:52:20 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110225 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> <4D6836D4.3000609@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 06fa9af950be023c0a0098d3e01a82a7 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM, walt wrote: > >> On 02/25/2011 03:10 PM, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> 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. >>> >> How can you tell how much power the machine is using? >> >> > Kill-a-Watt > > Nope, current meter and a calculator. My computer has a line that is for that plug only. I just clamp my meter on and measure how much current it is pulling. Multiply that times the current and there you go. The Kill a watt is next on my list tho. I do want one of those things. Newegg has them too. ;-) Dale :-) :-)