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.