[PLUG] Hardware Problem -- Kernel panic and reset

[Aaron Burt]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:51:55PM -0800, Tim Wescott wrote:
> 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.

Blank screen, or what?  Yes, the blinking lights are kernel panic.

Like everyone else said, it's probably a heat issue, but I would suggest
(a) checking the video card heat sink (if it's separate) and
(b) reseating RAM, PCI and AGP boards, and (if not too scary) the CPU.
(c) Running memtest and CPUburn.