Rudi Ahlers wrote: > As far as I can see you were giving a bucked load of advice, which you > haven't even bothered to follow yet. You're the only one who could > actually do anything about the problem. I have followed quite a bit of the advice, which I have appreciated and noted. I've set up the monitor so that it will not be blanked on a crash, installed monitoring software, and checked a number of conditions which people have suggested. No, I have not responded to the philosophical discussions about vender management, nor to the suggestions to RMA something to somebody for unknown reasons. No, I'm not going to replace RAM or capacitors here and there on the off chance that something might be bad. (But I will look for capacitors which show signs of bulging or leaking.) > No amount of suggestions made on this list will fix the problem for > you. You need to actually take apart the server and see what's going > on. I wasn't interested in anyone fixing the server for me. I did ask for suggestions on how improve the diagnostics for the problem, which several people have responded to. Again, I appreciate their suggestions greatly. As I've said, I have a list of things to check when the server is next taken down. -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077