[CentOS] System crash -- no clue why

Tue Jul 10 19:48:43 UTC 2012
Leen de Braal <ldb at braha.nl>

> Hi --
>
> My CentOS 5.8 server crashed, leaving no clue why.  The
> last entry in /var/log/messages is a dhcpd notice around
> 4:00am, followed by the restart message when I rebooted.
> The only clue that I have is that the fan was running full
> speed when I restarted it.  The fan slowed to normal speed.
>

Is normal on some mainboards.

> Any ideas what I can do to find out the cause?

I would go check your hardware
- memtest
- look inside the case for piling dust on coolers
- and check if you do not have bad capacitors (bulged)

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