Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2086 mails)

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brandon Carl wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't be. When I've had problems like this, it almost always turned out
>>> to be hardware. I'd check memory first. Let memtest86 run for a while
> 
> I'm not familiar with memtest86, how would I run it?

Download the Ultimate Boot CD, burn it, boot from it, and select Memtest. You
can find it here:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

>>> 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.

Doesn't matter. Everything dies eventually:-) Start by cleaning the case,
though. Get one of those cans of compressed air and clean it out nice.
It really made a difference for me.

> 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?

Absolutely. Try turning off the overclocking to see what happens.

> Also, are there any logs or anything I can look at to tell me the source
> of the problem?

Probably not. If it is a hardware problem (heat, power supply, air flow),
there won't be a nice log entry to help. That is one reason why it sure sounds
to me like a hardware problem.

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