Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 Feb 2009, at 17:30, Harry Putnam wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann writes: Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? Congratulation, you need new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 16 Februar 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > > Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and > > memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them > > deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? > > Congratulation,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-16 Thread Joseph Davis
I believe he is referring to capacitors, you should be able to google for some pictures of common capacitors. They look like little barrels, usually dark blue as I look at my motherboard... They have special electrical paste in them, if it leaks, they are dead. Harry Putnam wrote: Volker Ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > >> Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and >> memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them >> deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? >> Congratulat

[gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and > memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them > deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? > Congratulation, you need new hardware. Sorry to be a numb skull here bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mark Knecht writes: > >> Reseat memory and PCI cards, etc. Consider removing for a period of >> time any hardware not absolutely necessary to debug the problem. (I.e. >> - second video card, extra disk drives, extra network adapters, etc.) >>

[gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for

2009-02-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark Knecht writes: > Reseat memory and PCI cards, etc. Consider removing for a period of > time any hardware not absolutely necessary to debug the problem. (I.e. > - second video card, extra disk drives, extra network adapters, etc.) > Run memtest86 for a few days if you can spare the machine. R