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Re: [PLUG] Laptop reboots -- Comcast or static or age?
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I'll put my money on the bad RAM theory.
I've had servers do this to me in the past. Memtest86 should pick up
any errors.
-Kris
On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 11:26, Stephen Gran wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:43:25PM -0500, Mitch Maltenfort said:
> >
> > For the past week or so, I've had an annoying problem with my Linux
> > laptop.
> >
> > The beast occasionally reboots. Usually this happens right at log-in, but
> > now it's begun during operations in graphics mode.
> >
> > I figure there's three suspects, and any advice in tracking down which --
> > and how to fix it! -- would be appreciated.
> >
> > 1) Comcast cable modem. This is my first time using this system with
> > Comcast. It was fine with DirectTV DSL back in DC. Is it possible that
> > somehow the Comcast cable modem is triggering the problem?
>
> Probably not - ethernet is pretty much ethernet.
>
> > 2) Sheer age. This system, with its configuration, is about three years
> > old. Still, I had a good run with an older Tosh laptop and that still
> > seems healthy.
>
> Seems reasonable. Laptops do wear faster than desktops and servers.
>
> > 3) Static shocks. Cold weather and carpeted apartment. I grasp something
> > metal before sitting down to touch the computer, but still it gets jolted
> > occasionally. I'm skeptical this is the case, because the problem is too
> > localized. If I was screwing up my hard disk with shocks, I would expect
> > more random misbehavior.
> >
> > So what could I configure, reconfigure, reinstall, etc. to square this
> > away?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mitch
>
> I just had this same problem with my old thinkpad - finally traced it
> down to bad RAM (I hope it's the RAM and not the motherboard, at any
> rate). Try memtest86 on it. I left it running overnight and came back
> to a ton of errors. Am waiting for new RAM to arrive to make sure, but
> it's a place to start.
--
Kris Reilly <kreilly@realmedia.com>
247 Real Media
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