Spontaneous Reboot

John Myshrall jmyshrall-6duGhz7i8susTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org
Wed Mar 3 14:23:22 UTC 2004


On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:05:44 -0500
William O'Higgins <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> This morning while reading a web page my computer rebooted.  It
> rebooted again while checking the drives.  This is alarming, and I
> want to know why.  There was no user interaction, and no power surge
> as far as I can tell.
> 
> /var/log/messages has nothing of value in it.
> 
> Where else do I look for clues?  Thanks.
> 
> Debian 3.0
> # uname -a
> Linux hostname 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686
> GNU/Linux
> -- 
> 
> yours,
> 
> William
> 

Check your CPU fan and or the power supply. I just went through this
same problem with my sister machine. Hopefully if it's your CPU fan, if
you are lucky, the CPU won't be cooked. 


John  

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