Strange Reboot problem ...

[Lee]

Could be something intermittent in your power supply.

On Saturday 14 June 2003 23:11, Javier Hernandez wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am having a strange problem with one of my computers and I
> am not able to discover where is the problem. Maybe someone
> on the list have had a similar experience...
>
> The computer aparently is running normally but suddenly it
> reboot itself without any warning or message.
>
> Sometimes it happen whan I am not at home so when I arrive
> I found the computer at the initial boot prompt, but also
> a couple of times the computer have reboot while I was
> working on it.
>
> CPU: AMD XP 1800+
> Motherboard: QDI KuDoz 7
> RAM: 512MB
> 2 SCSI HDs
> 2 IDE HDs
> Distro: Caldera Openlinux 3.1.1
>
> At the beginning I though that the problem was because of
> the temperature (BIOS Health Control) so I tested different
> setting but still the problem is there from time to time.
> (Now the Health Control is disable but still I get the
> problem from time to time).
> Here is summer and temperatures inside could be around
> 30? C (Outside temperature yesterday around 36? C).
>
> The problem is that I can not find any messages or hint
> about the problem in any of the files at /var/log/
> subdirectory or any other place.
>
> I wonder if there is any log file or similar that could
> keep valuable information when a reboot happens.
>
> I have left the machine running Win98 (one test partition)
> for 12 hrs and I did not get a reboot but I have had the
> machine running Openlinux 3.1.1 for longer and nothing
> have happened. I am afraid it is a radom problem.
>
> :(
>
> The thing is that this computer is the one I use most of
> the time (24 hrs. a day) to connect to the Net (DSL) and
> it is really annoying coming home and found out that the
> computer have been rebooted.
>
> I would really appreciate any suggestions you have because
> I am really crazy about this problem.
>
> Best regards,