On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:48:42PM -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> I have a custom-built PC on which I've been running CentOS 4.x (kept > >> up to the latest x) for a few years without any problems ... until > >> this week. > >> > >> Last week I was out of town on an extended trip, so I shut the machine > >> down and powered off my UPS, etc. When I returned on Saturday, I > >> turned everything back on, and the machine seemed to be booting > >> normally ... and then it just very abruptly turned itself off, and > >> refused to power back on. A short while later I was able to restart > >> > > <snip> > > Does it croak before or after it hits the interactive option? If after, > > hit that I, and step through. > > > > On the other hand, the symptom of refusing to power back on seems to > indicate a hardware problem. I had a similar issue that turned out to > be a bad power supply. > Try plugging the power in directly to the outlet, bypassing the UPS, in case the UPS itself has gone bad. (Bad UPS, Bad I say, BAD!!! :) -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------