On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it
> comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency.
>
> But it also sounds like overheating or a power problem. Power problems
> might be caused by the PSU - but it could also be the power circuitry
> of
> your mobo.
It's not a thrashing issue as I don't have any swap. The 8GB of ram has
been sufficient memory for all tasks thus far. I have no objection to
allocating some swap space if it could resolve the issue.
Actually, Grant and you both suggested possible heat issues which has
just made me think that I should check for dust build up in the CPU heat
sink. There so much dust where I live that I have to vacuum dust build
up from the case.
The sensors tool reports 51C, it doesn't appear to be running too hot,
but I don't have a baseline to compare it to. I see I need to implement
monitoring for this machine once it's stable again.
k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +51.0°C (high = +70.0°C)
(crit = +71.0°C, hyst = +66.0°C)
I'll give the inside a clean this weekend and see if there's any
improvement.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Regards,
Carlos
