[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

[John]

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> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Toby Bluhm
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:42 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
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> Anne Wilson wrote:
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> > I do have a UPS, and it's fully charged.  The system is just
> > spontaneously rebooting or shutting down.
> > 
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague.
> 
> I just fixed a test box that kept getting something like 
> "received INT 
> 11 - no one cared" and then locks up. Replaced two caps - I 
> yanked them 
> from some old, defunct power supplies.

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How did you know they were bad? Could you explain to her what to look for
and how to use a Multimeter?

JohnStanley