From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 17:25:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D15A37B401 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:25:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from fep.internode.on.net (smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net [203.16.214.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA49843F75 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:25:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp758.sa.padsl.internode.on.net [150.101.246.245]) by fep.internode.on.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h2S1Pdul046406; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:55:39 +1030 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: Siegbert Baude , Steve Warwick Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:00:52 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20030327233929.GA67949@lethargic.dyndns.org> <3E839745.8000602@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <3E839745.8000602@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200303281200.52545.Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-31.7 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PLING_QUERY,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_KMAIL autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:25:49 -0000 On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:58, Siegbert Baude wrote: > >If there was not a clean shutdown, I would start looking for faulty > >hardware, assuming the power was not interrupted. Any machine that > >spontaniously reboots on its' own usually has a bad power supply, but = it > >could be very well be the motherboard, or even something else. Furthe= r, > >as many other people have said, just because the hardware is new does = not > >necessarily mean it is problem-free. > > Look especially for the condensators on the motherboard. There is a > wide-spread problem with a Taiwanese company having produced bad > electrolyte. The resulting condensators are found in motherboards of > nearly all manufacturers and (as I can say out of my own experience) > give exactly the behaviour, you described. > > Ciao > Siegbert I take it that by 'condensators' you mean eletrolytic capacitors? Malcolm Kay