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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org