[PLUG] Hardware Problem -- Kernel panic and reset

[MJang]

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 22:51 -0800, Tim Wescott wrote:
> This is _not_ really a Linux issue, because we're seeing basically the 
> same behavior under both Linux and Windows.
> 
> The computer is a built-box, with an Azus P5NSLI motherboard, somewhere 
> between one to three years old.  Any time it gets left on too long it 
> resets.  Working on it tonight, I noticed that if you're in Linux when 
> this happens you get the two blinking keyboard lights which (I think, at 
> least) indicates a kernel panic; they stay on for about ten seconds 
> before the thing reboots.
> 
> It seems to be a heat problem 

The hypothesis is reasonable. To verify - 

What does your /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature file say? Can you
script it to track the temp of your system?

Thanks,
Mike