Is it overheating? My BIOS will try to shut down the system if the CPU gets too hot, but it usually goes through a sequence of beeps first (for weeks I thought the beeping was a RAID card rebuilding the array because of a failed drive...) Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Brian wrote: > This isn't a linux question, but it's driving me nuts so I must ask > someone. I purchased a new case last week and moved my old system out of > its case and into the new one. Had no problems getting my computer back > up, and for 3 days I was smiling proudly as I looked at my new full tower > on wheels. > > Then it started randomly rebooting itself. At first it did it once when I > wasn't looking, and I assumed I just bumped a key or something. Then I > tried adding my SCSI tape drive and all hell broke loose. I hooked up the > cabling, started it up, and it went into a cycle of rebooting itself. > Sometimes it would start loading linux,and at some point during the boot > sequence it would reboot. Sometimes it rebooted during the memory check. > It did this 4 times before I unplugged the SCSI cable and turned it back > on. Did the same thing. Unplugged the power cable, and it booted fine, > only to mysteriously reboot 6 hours later. This morning as I was laying > in bed contemplayting whether or not to get up before my alarm went off I > heard the modem click (my first indication that it's going to reboot) then > seconds later a loud beep as the linux install CD booted up. About 30 > seconds later, same thing. > > Does anyone have an idea of what happened?? I'm thinking either I > staticly discharged on the board when I moved it (it's being replaced in a > few months anyway) or my 300 watt ATX power supply is freaking out. > Anyone have an idea?????? > > TIA, > Brian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org