[linux-audio-user] disaster day #3

[Joe Hartley]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:22:59 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:
>   While waiting for another box I decided to pull the RAM and test each 
> stick (256 MB each). The problem occurred with either stick. I'm able to 
> log in, work for a  few minutes, then the box just freezes. I can hear 
> the disk drive make a little activity noise first, then everything's 
> just gone. Btw, it'll die in X or at the console, it's not an X problem 
> (I think). And since the problem occurs whether I'm on /dev/hda or 
> /dev/hdb I doubt if both disk drives are bad.

Dave, have you checked the CPU temp?  I know you swapped out the fan,
but this sort of gradual death is a lot like machines I've had that
failed due to heat.

Use gkrellm if you have X up to get a read on the temp, or look in the
BIOS after a reboot.

Good luck!

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