Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:41:36 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Edward Ruggeri <ruggeri@uchicago.edu> Cc: free-bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Random Restarts? Message-ID: <20070520164136.GA65659@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <op.tsmuvzql7qi7tm@localhost> References: <op.tsmuvzql7qi7tm@localhost>
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On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:03:25AM -0500, Edward Ruggeri wrote: > Hi, >=20 > My system randomly reboots, usually in the evening. It is definitely no= t a=20 > soft reboot, since the filesystems don't get properly dismounted. My=20 > suspicion is that it is a heat related issue -- I do leave the computer= =20 > running just about all day long, and it has started to get warm. Then= =20 > again, it's coolest in the evening... Try and install the mbmon port, and see if it works on your machine. If so, start a cron job that appends mbmon output to a file say every 15 minutes. If it's a heat buildup issue in a monitored component, it would sh= ow. I wonder though. My machine usually doesn't need a day to heat up after a cold start. An hour or so usually suffices. Other causes could be a spike in the line voltage due to a large device switching on or off nearby. Or an underrated power supply overloaded through a cron job. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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