[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

Thu Jan 29 18:36:57 UTC 2009
Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>

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