Redhat 8/9 & hardware troubles

[Net Llama!]

On 09/20/03 01:15, Ian Stephen wrote:

> Hi list
> 
> Been having trouble with IBM Aptiva Celeron 533 PC.  Was running Red Hat 
> 8.  Troubles seemed to get progressively worse.  Would work fine for a 
> couple of days, then would have a crash, typically when shutting down.  
> Would find that modules from XFree86 were missing.  Re-install XFree86 
> and all it would be good again for a day or two.
> 
> Finally it wouldn't install rpms anymore, so tried to  upgrade to Red 
> Hat 9.  Part way through got an error that said something was wrong with 
> either the install media or my hardware.  Tested install media before 
> and after, no errors.
> 
> Repartitioned and formatted the drive and did a new install of Red Hat 9.
> Ran e2fsck -c (bad blocks) and got no errors.
> Ran memtest86 for most of a day, 13 times through it's tests, and got no 
> errors.
> 
> Now a couple of days later I find processes still running after I close 
> apps in KDE.  Just crashed again when I logged off.
> 
> Don't think it's a heat problem as I haven't changed any hardware in a 
> long time.  Box isn't dusty inside.
> 
> What tests might I do?  Maybe just change the mother board?  Power 
> supply?  both?

Could be a failing CPU too.  If you've got a spare component on hand (PSU, 
CPU, cables, etc) i'd swap them in 1 at a time to see if it makes a 
difference.  Have you checked the messages log for any errors?


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