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Subject: Re: What are the likely causes of reboots?
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Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes:

> What are the possible causes of spontaneous reboots?  And what artifacts would be left behind that might indicate the

I had an old EISA 486 do that several times a week when the external
RAM cache went flakey.  I don't recall the error logs, except a vague
recollection that they gave no clue.  The only way I determined the
cause was because I could (and did) turn off that cache in the BIOS
setup.