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matthew.garman@×××××.com schreef: |
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> Recently, programs on my computer have been victims of abrupt |
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> segfaults. |
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> The weird thing is, after waiting a while (say two or three hours), |
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> the problem went away---everything just started working. |
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This sounds awfully like a heat problem, especially if the problem goes |
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away after waiting a significant amount of time (the system cools down), |
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or only appears after a long time of use (the system heats up). |
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I did have a similar problem (but I knew it was heat, because I have the |
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gkrellm temp monitors displayed), and it was so bad that I could not |
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even run the computer without an external fan pointing into the box (the |
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sides have been off all the time). If I turned the fan off, I got |
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immediate segfaults, and I was unable to even boot the machine. Even |
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with the fan, it was running *extremely* hot (I'm talking about 70 to |
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over 100 degrees Celsius). |
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Finally, I realized that I was insane to even attempt to run like that, |
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and took the machine apart, to discover that the CPU fan was absolutely |
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clogged with dust and "stuff" (I have a cat, and her hair gets into |
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*everything*. A LOT of hair). |
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Cleaned out the CPU fan, and suddenly the box was running at like 48 degrees |
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C. Without the external fan. |
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It could be some kind of intermittent hardware issue in your case, but |
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heat is easy enough to check, and very well might be the problem. |
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HTH, |
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Holly |
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