On 11/11/13 17:52, Peter Alefounder wrote:
> James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???> said:
>> My first thought due to is apparent random affect, run a memtest86+.
>> You should find it on your boot menu.
> Not there. I have a choice between Debian (usual) and Debian (recovery mode),
> plus some BIOS set-up options that disappear too quickly for me to read. (I am
> aware of Del should I need to change any settings).
>
> Alex Dicks <alex@???> said
>> Could be a problem with the power supply. On an old computer, it took a
>> while for the power supply to warm up. The workaround was to pause at
>> the bootloader menu, leave the computer for a while, then reset it. (It
>> would usually freeze withing a minute after being turned on, so letting
>> it do that at the bootloader rather than while loading the operating
>> system saved on having to fsck.) The solution was to buy a new power
>> supply.
> This is a new computer - arrived last month. If the PSU is going wrong already,
> DNUK will have to fix it. Don't know how to pause the bootloader. So far, there
> have been no problems once the log-in screen has appeared.
>
> Ally Biggs <bluechrome@???>said:
>> Clean up the fan and heat sink get some Artic silver, Run a benchmark tool I run
>> Prime95 and speed fan. Keep a eye on temps this will eliminate any heat related
>> issues. Whilst you are cleaning out the heatsink have a look at the board for
>> signs of bulging capacitors.
> Capacitors are all solid on this machine and it has not had time to accumulate
> much dust. I generally looked in my old machine about once a year and there was
> never much dust to remove even after that time.
>
> How do I monitor temperatures? There is a widget I can add to the lower panel
> (KDE) that is supposed to do that sort of thing but it has no available
> temperatures. I presume I need to install some software - is it still lm-sensors
> or something like that?
>
>> Is the computer crashing in linux or failing before? During POST you need it.
> It is while Debian is loading and before the log-in screen appears. I will see
> if I can get a photo of the screen if it happens again, but so far after my
> posting on this forum, it has been behaving itself.
>
> Artur ??dka <arturladka@???>said:
>> Did you try to wait a bit when boot up process is frozen? About 3 minutes
>> from start (120 seconds after freeze) - after that kernel will kill
>> blocking task. I recently found this problem on relatively new hardware and
>> Debian 7 when IPMI module could not be loaded.
> No, I have not given it that long. This is certainly new hardware. I don't know
> what IPMI is, but will find out if I need to. I have noticed that it complains
> about lacking some codecs, but that lack does not appear to affect normal
> operation.
>
>> If it will not be this problem I also think it can be PSU issue. Is your
>> PSU branded or is it cheapest no name?
> FSP Raider. Something that DNUK trust enough to give a 3 year warranty.
>
> Thanks to all for the comments. I will try to get more details if there are
> further problems.
>
> Peter Alefounder.
>
Memtest can be downloaded from this site
http://www.memtest.org/
Then burn it to a cd and boot from the cd to run memtest.
Tim
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