Comments | athelind: So much for "Reboots are for recompiles".

athelind

So much for "Reboots are for recompiles".

Dec 09, 2007 23:23

I left the computer off for most of the day, as we were running around shopping, catching The Golden Compass, and cleaning house. I sat down for about half an hour of quick web-browsing, then left to watch the last two parts of Tin Man on Sci Fi ( Read more... )

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tombfyre December 10 2007, 07:59:49 UTC

Most of the time when I've seen computers suddenly restarting themselves, it was either a bad motherboard, or a bad power supply. :p I'd check up on the two options.

athelind December 13 2007, 20:05:17 UTC

How does one check on such things?

tombfyre December 13 2007, 23:49:32 UTC

Well for the power supply the best method is to just put in a different one and see if the problem goes away. For the motherboard, all you can really do is check to make sure the main power connection to the board itself is in there good, and not wiggling around or anything. Also, look for any cracks in the frame itself.

'tis about all you can do without special equipment.

athelind December 14 2007, 00:16:54 UTC

This is all sounding like "time for a new computer" to me.

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bfdragon December 10 2007, 08:29:02 UTC

If you wanted to kill some time, if you look in /var/logs/ there are all log files for various programs. dmsg and messages being generally ones from the system. If it's not a hard reboot, something might show up there. If it is a hard reboot, which seems to be more likely, unfortunately, that can be harder to track down.

wy December 10 2007, 14:59:52 UTC

Do you want me to come over and take a look, Aeth? Since I'm in the area and all.

I'd go with the 'bad power supply' hypothesis, though. Although at this point, it's almost easier to get a el cheapo $200 system and move your stuff over.

taverens December 10 2007, 20:31:32 UTC

Was the "Tin Man" any good?