[PLUG] Suspected hardware problem

[alan]

On Wed, 10 May 2006, Galen Seitz wrote:

> Robert Kopp <iconoklastic at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Occasionally the display on my computer freezes and
>> the computer must be rebooted. This occurs no matter
>> what OS I am using.
>>
>> The RAM is apparently good (1 GB DDR 400): I ran
>> Memtest all night without any errors. Could it be the
>> CPU? The drive controller? Are there software
>> diagnostics I could run to find out?
>
> Making the machine fail consistently is a desirable first step.  A good
> way to exercise it is to build a kernel.  See if you can find a script
> on the net that will repeatedly build a kernel and check the results.
> I'm fairly certain that something like this is out there.
>
> If you just want to move forward, the next thing I would try is swapping
> power supplies.

Pacific Solutions seels a power supply tester for about $15.

Also might be a video card issue or a heat issue.

Does the bios have a heat sensor?  Look and see how hot the processor is 
running.

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