[clug-talk] Spontaneous Shut Down

[Richard Carter]

The system is up and running fine now!  I can't find any sign of a full root
partition. The PSU has been under suspicion for some months.  A technician
said he could hear noise from it but I couldn't hear it.  (I hear funny
noises too but the doctor says if I take my meds everything will be ok!)

Evcn if it is a faulty capacitor, rather than a bad PSU, the PC will need
attention from a technician.  I guess I'll be paying a visit to Memory
Express.

Thanks for the help.

Robin

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Cody Swanson <mailinglists at sysop.ca> wrote:

> My 2 cents,
> C
> Visually inspect the mainboard, if there are no swollen or leaking
> capacitors then replace the PSU.
>
> Richard Carter wrote:
>
>> Hi Szemir,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.   Perhaps "shutdown" is not the right word.  What
>> happens is not "graceful"!
>> The screen goes black and the PC just dies!
>> Robin
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:39 AM, bogi <khangyi at shaw.ca <mailto:
>> khangyi at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>    I think you may have a full / <<root partition or a full /home
>>    partition. I
>>    don't think a faulty psu would result in a graceful shutdown. A psu
>>    taking
>>    the power-good signal away might result in a graceful shutdown, but
>>    not in
>>    case power is really not good :-)
>>    Also a shorted out / stuck  reset button can result in a graceful
>>    shutdown.
>>    Knowing your system i would go for the full partition option first.
>>    Cheers
>>    Szemir
>>
>>    On Wednesday 08 July 2009 09:00:23 Richard Carter wrote:
>>     > Hi Folks,
>>     >
>>     > This morning my desk top PC (amd64, Debian 5.0) began spontaneously
>>     > shutting down.  This happens at various times: part way through
>>    booting,
>>     > while in kde, during back up.  I suspect the power supply has
>>    failed.  Does
>>     > this sound right?
>>     >
>>     > Robin Carter
>>
>>
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