Anne Wilson wrote:
2009/1/29 Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com:
Anne Wilson wrote:
Are the failures power related, or is the system just shutting down on its own?
If the latter, I would suspect either a power supply or a processor fan. If the former, maybe you need to invest in an inexpensive UPS.
I do have a UPS, and it's fully charged. The system is just spontaneously rebooting or shutting down.
My first guesses would be the system power supply or the CPU fan.
I'm beginning to think that way. The smartctl long test has completed without errors. I think that I'll dig out the specs for the mobo/cpu tonight, then buy a new PSU and CPU fan in the morning.
Anne
Anne, the machine I'm using right now ate my lunch big-time, perhaps a year ago. It turned out to be the front panel momentary power switch on the junky consumer-grade case. The really weird thing is, this box runs 24x7 and the switch hasn't been used very much. Go figure. Work-around/proof was to disconnect the power switch entirely, plugging reset switch to the vacated pwr sw header.