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 1Pt21u-0001sg-OE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:04:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 133071C02D for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B6F1C004 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67EB71B4007 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:09:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.824 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.824 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.225, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YQ2fvHLG6134 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAAE11B403B for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pt1AF-0004TH-08 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:09:11 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:09:10 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:09:10 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Random reboots. Where to start? Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4D67CBC0.4000604@gmail.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=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9cb71c732e3335bc99071ece8d3e8f6e 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. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I have a TINY BOWL in at my HEAD gmail.com