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On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com |
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> wrote: |
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> So the problem started recently. |
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> |
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> That means it is either: |
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> a cap going bad. |
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> oxidized contacts. |
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> dust clogging the fans. |
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> PSU is going bad. |
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> something obscure. |
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> |
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> Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and |
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> memory modules |
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> and check all caps while doing so. Any of them deformed? The 'head' |
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> going up? |
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> Strange stuff around its feet? Congratulation, you need new hardware. |
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> |
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> If you don't find a bad cap and the problem persists, get a new PSU. |
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> A good |
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> one. Not big - most PSUs are oversized, but good quality. Anandtech |
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> has |
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> something about psu's, so does tomshardware (most of their tests are |
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> rubbish, |
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> but their psu tests are ok). If the problem goes away, congratulation! |
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> If not, well, then report back ;) |
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> |
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I had a similar issue even when not running X. To be honest, I can't |
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say I have a concrete idea of exactly what caused it. I simply became |
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security-nuts and began wondering if it wasn't someone just toying |
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with me; hardened my sshd config and installed denyhosts to monitor |
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failed loggins. This was a month ago and my uptime has been perfect, |
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with no restarts. |
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