[CentOS] Server hangs on CentOS 5.5

[Leen de Braal]

> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Leen de Braal <ldb at braha.nl> wrote:
>>> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>>> Michael Eager wrote:
>>>
>>>>> House-built, Gigabyte MB, AMD Phenom II X6, 6Gb RAM.
>>>>
>>>> Any chance the problem's with the video card?
>>>
>>> Video is on the MB.  It doesn't seem likely that it's
>>> the video, since the system doesn't respond to network
>>> when it crashes.
>>>
>>> It could be anything.  That's why I'm looking for
>>> something that would give me a bit of a hint what
>>> to look at.  With an infrequent failure, it's not
>>> practical to replace components piecemeal.
>>
>> While you open the case, check for the bulging capacitor problem.
>> Will have the effect you describe, freezing up the system so that even
>> bios routines don't work (your fans).
>> If that's the case, replace mainboard.
>>
>
>
> Or replace the CAPS if you're not afraid of a soldering iron :)

Very often resulting in a damaged board, because you damage the via's when
pulling the caps. But it is worth a try.

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