on 1-29-2009 4:29 PM Aldo Foot spake the following: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> 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. >> >> -- >> Les Mikesell >> lesmikesell at gmail.com > > Yesterday I had a system shutting down on its own. It would power up > and stay on, but I discover that the PSU fans were not spinning. The > failing fans explained a warning message at POST indicating that the > system was overheating and needed immediate repairs. > > ~af I have a recovered desktop at home that was my daughters. Sometimes it powers up and shuts off, and sometimes it will die before it gets out of the post screens. I suspect the CPU fan, but since I don't need the system right now (I just gave her a better one so she is happy), it sits until I have time. There are many ways a system can break, and some of them can be very difficult to figure out without a bunch of spare parts you can swap. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090129/3e774833/attachment-0005.sig>