> -----Original Message----- > 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 > > Anne Wilson wrote: > . > . > . > > >> > > I do have a UPS, and it's fully charged. The system is just > > spontaneously rebooting or shutting down. > > > > 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. ----- How did you know they were bad? Could you explain to her what to look for and how to use a Multimeter? JohnStanley