Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2086 mails)

[Clayton <smaug42@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >> on it. If that turns out OK, my next suggestion would be the power
> >> supply. Unless you have a way to test it, putting another one in is
>
> I am pretty sure it is not the power supply, because it has been running
> worry free for a while now.

Just to add a little here.  I had a system that was running with no
problems for a long time.  Then I started getting odd failures... like
drives dropping off.... strange behaviour I couldn't pinpoint.  Turned
out it was a power supply problem.  Replaced the PSU and things are
back to normal.  While your problem may not be PSU related, don't
discount a PSU issue simply because it has been working fine for a
long time.  PSUs do fail, and not always catastrophically.. sometimes
they just begin to fade away.. no longer delivering the full rated
power.


> The only other thing I could think of was maybe it was overheating, so I
> clocked the processor down a little bit.  It is a sempron 2800+ machine
> running at 2.0 Ghz. (Stock 1.7 Ghz).  The airflow on the machine isn't the
> best, but it hasn't choked out before.  Could this be a valid reason for it
> to lock up?

Definitely.  Heat is an issue.  Something as simple as a collection of
dustbunnies on your heat sinks and fan blades can dramatically reduce
the cooling efficiency of your computer - especially if your cooling
situation is already less than optimal.  Make sure that it is all
clean inside....

Start up sensors and monitor things for a while.  You can either run
it from the command line or if you have a GUI, you can use gtkrellm or
Superkaramba to put a realtime monitor on the desktop.

C
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