On Friday 12 December 2008 09:50, ne... wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 08:08, Neil <hok.krat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I have a problem: my PC shuts down once in a while without warning. I do not know where to look for the reason as to why. There appears no crash handler when it has rebooted. Can you please tell me where I might find the problem? What logs should I check?
/var/log/messages round about the time it crashed. Also open up the box and resit all the connections including the ram. Make sure that all your fans work and are not clogged with dust. Consider also running memtest for about a day to eliminate the possibility of bad ram. Make a note of the programs running when the crash occurs, it could be one of them causing the crashes. But first, see if there are any clues in /var/log/messages.
You might also check the power supply. I just had one that quit. Well, not quit, but would at random intervals just reboot. No messages at all. Once I replaced it the system is much more stable. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 10.0 Kernel 2.6.13 X86_64 KDE 3.4 Kmail 1.8 11:32am up 64 days 15:41, 4 users, load average: 1.22, 1.19, 1.12 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org