i replaced the power supply, because upon further investigation (i sat next to the open case while it was running for about an hour) i heard the psu making funny noises.
so far, no shutdowns! thanks, so far. i, too, have heard funky things about amd's shutting down. i think this mb/cpu make exorbitant (spikey?) demands on a generic psu, so i got a non-generic one. we'll see... vora > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:seawolf-list-admin@;redhat.com]On Behalf Of Mike Burger > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: system shutting down on k7 system > > > Check the temp of your CPU fan and heat sink...I've noticed, in the past, > that if the CPU isn't being kept cool enough, what will happen is exactly > what you described. > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Jason Dale wrote: > > > Hi : > > > > I am going to take a shot in the dark on this one , and I COULD > > most definitely be wrong , so anyone on this list is more than welcome to > > correct me if I am ;) > > > > 'k7' sounds like an AMD system to me , and if that is the case , I'll wager > > that > > the problem has got nothing to do with your operating system or the > > application layer. > > > > I have an AMD Athlon system at home running Windows 98 ( tsk , tsk ). I use > > this > > computer for gaming , but even when the computer is not doing anything , it > > shuts off > > and reboots for no apparent reason. Just like that. I have had the PC > > checked out from > > top to bottom and everything looks OK. What's more , the PC hangs on quite a > > consistent basis , sometimes even before it reads the BIOS. This makes my > > self-indulgent > > game playing more frustrating than relaxing ;) > > > > I work for a software company that provides internet and time and attendance > > solutions for > > a variety of different clients , and one of our clients used an AMD system > > for an exchange > > server , and that company had the same types of hassles. After checking > > everything from > > RAM to hard drives , they replaced the entire motherboard with a PIII , and > > the problems > > dissappeared forever. > > > > The moral of the story : Don't run anything important on an AMD machine. > > They are great > > on performance , but crappy on stability. Go for an Intel Pentium processor > > instead. They > > are more expensive , but worth the lolly. > > > > Regards , Jason Dale > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "vvor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:38 PM > > Subject: system shutting down, etc. > > > > > > > my system is shutting down on its own. > > > > > > k7sem > > > 300w psu > > > 390+ ram > > > > > > three times in 24 hours, it just suddenly shut off. then, when rebooting, > > it > > > says to fsck manually. then, when i ok this, it asks me about all these > > really > > > really intuitive i_node blocks and bad sectors continually. naturally, i > > have > > > all the i_nodes memorized on my computer. > > > > > > i booted to cmos mode, left it running for a while without problems (no > > > shutdown). > > > > > > before i build a new computer, i was wondering if this could be a virus. > > does > > > anyone know of a virus that can shut down, like pulling the power out? or > > is > > > this a motherboard problem? > > > > > > lost and confused, > > > vora > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
