[Cialug] Linux Server Spontaneous Reboot?

[ng0g at mchsi.com]

CIALUG,

I would also look at the MB, or swollen capacitors, or capacitors with stuff that has leaked out.
One of my Linux boxes at home was hanging, and reporting in /var/log/messages that a drive was over heating, but it was faulty caps on the MB.

Steve

Steve Hawkins NG0G
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----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Steven <matthew at geniusweb.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:42:25 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Linux Server Spontaneous Reboot?

I'm with them, hardware failure.

Basic troubleshooting isn't too hard, as long as you have known-good 
parts that are compatible around. Memory would be the easy first place 
to check, but other components can also cause exceptions.

PSUs with low voltage on one rail for example can make other components 
behave unpredictably too- I had no end of bad luck with power supplies 
until I started buying barebone systems from reliable manufacturers.  
(Had good luck with Shuttle, Asus, Dell for the most part, Supermicro)


On 01/-10/-28163 01:59 PM, Crouse wrote:
> Twice I've had this happen, both times it was related to faulty ram.
>    

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Matthew Steven
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