[Tfug] Persistent Linux and X Crashes. How to track down?

[Bowie J. Poag]

Let me guess. ATI graphics card?



Chad Woolley wrote:

>It was crashed again this morning.
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>You know, I do think it might be heat.  That has some correlation with
>the crashes.  My "office" is the storeroom out back, so I keep it cool
>during the day (window AC), but it gets hot at night (with 3 computers
>on 24/7).  All fans work.  I have a huge CPU fan, multiple case fans,
>and was very careful with my thermal paste, but it could be another
>component besides the CPU.
>
>I have had the cover off the box for most of the past year, but
>coincidentally I just put it back on last week, and the crashes DO
>seem to have increased (last 2 mornings, whereas I made it for weeks
>of uptime in the winter-fall).
>
>I guess I'll take the cover back off, and point a clip-on fan at the
>motherboard, and see if that helps.
>
>Do any of you know if there's a relatively cheap product that has
>temparature sensors to capture data, and plugs into a usb/serial port?
> Then I can do trend analysis on the actual temparatures of various
>components, and see if high temparatures correlate with the crashes.
>I'm sure I could build something from scratch, but I don't want to
>take that much time.
>
>Thanks for the advice, and I'll also check the logs and use the X
>restart methods you mentioned.
>
>-- Chad
>
>On 8/2/06, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:
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>>On 8/2/06, Ronald Sutherland <rsutherland at epccs.com> wrote:
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>>>Sounds like hot hardware to me... open the case blow the dust off
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>>[snip]
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>>>damaged, bits will flip even if cold. Anyway good luck... and stay cool.
>>>      
>>>
>>Also great advice. Do you run AC or swamp cooler? :-)
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