[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Periodic crashes on Redhat 8.0

[Steve Baker]

Minh Duong wrote:

> I thought that it might have been the power suppy, but
> it seems to boot up every time.  I have little
> experience with power suppy failures, but is it common
> for it just to fail after a while.  Plus the machine
> still has some power after it crashes.  I can eject
> the CDROM.  If it is the power suppy, it must be with
> just the ATX cable.  I have noticed that the uptime
> seems to be shrinking down to an hour.

I havn't been following this discussion - so sorry if this
is a repeat of earlier advice.

This could easily be a thermal issue.  Is your machine overheating?
Try opening the case and putting a big desk fan over it blowing
air directly into it's internals.  Does the problem go away?

It's also possible that you are getting a periodic power
supply glitch (eg when your office thermostat kicks in the AC
or something).   Using a cheap power smoother might fix that.

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