Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Random reboots. Where to start?

[Dale]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2011-02-25, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:
>
>
>> Well, I think my machine is possessed or something.  I'm getting random
>> reboots here.  When it does this, it is like hitting the reset button.
>> It is sitting on the grub screen when it does this.  I noticed the first
>> time the other day and this was before adding the extra memory.  I
>> seemed to be stable at 4Gbs but I seem to be rebooting at random.  I ran
>> memtest yesterday, it checked fine.
>>
> By "memtest" I assume mean memtest86?
>
> In my experience, you should let it run multiple passes (I'd recommend
> at least 4 or 4 -- I would imagine it'll take a couple days).  I've
> seen situations where it was OK on the initial pass, and then failed
> later.
>
> The other likely suspect is probably the power supply.
>
>

Correct.  To sort of help rule out the OS on the hard drive, I ran 
memtest from a USB stick.  It made it through 2 full passes with no 
errors.  Since this is my main rig, I can't go to long without it.  I 
get to shaking from withdrawal and such as that.  :-(

I got a good power supply but it could still be that.  Even the best and 
most expensive break from time to time.  I think I could swap mine out 
from my old rig if needed.  This new rig doesn't pull near as much as my 
old one.

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)