Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 24 May 2015 02:12:34 Joseph wrote:
>> On 05/23/15 20:52, Zhu Sha Zang wrote:
>>> On 05/23/2015 06:53 PM, Joseph wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I tried to read the lm-sensors again and the compupter turn crash with
>>>> the readings:
>>>>
>>>> fan1:           0 RPM  (min =   10 RPM)  ALARM
>>>> fan2:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
>>>> fan3:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
>>>> fan5:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
>>>> temp1:        +47.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor =
>>>> thermistor
>>>> temp2:       +106.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +70.0°C)  sensor =
>>>> thermal diode
>>>> temp3:       +106.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor =
>>>> thermistor
>>>> cpu0_vid:    +1.250 V
>>>>
>>>> I'm suspecting it is power supply.
>>> Hey, did you run "sensors-detect" and "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors" as root
>>> before use "sensors"?
>>>
>>> As was said, maybe you're using wrong kernel modules.
>> I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop working. 
>> The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode it could keep up with cooling it
>> but under heavy load "compiling anything" the CPU was overheating.
> Ha!  So the fan speeds showing zero was true.  :-)
>
> Often they start rattling before they fail.  I found that peeling off the self 
> adhesive label in the middle and applying a single drop of thin oil on the 
> bearing restores them to rude health.  I have one here which is still running 
> quietly for five years since my intervention with an oil can.
>

I'm real bad to take a needle, like people take shots with, and poke a
small hole in and oil fans that way.  I also do that to those expensive
high speed bearings on my riding lawn mowers.  I've had bearings last
for decades that way.  It is amazing what just a tiny bit of added oil
will do.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)