Strange Reboot problem ...

[Net Llama!]

Ya, my vote is the power supply too.  This is definitely a hardware issue.

On 06/15/03 10:12, Lee wrote:

> 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,
> 
> 
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