[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
Robert
kerplop at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 29 19:44:18 UTC 2009
Anne Wilson wrote:
> 2009/1/29 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at 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.
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