stability of RHEL ES 4 (was: RE: trouble installing/running the Domain Name Service Configuration Tool)

[Ed McCorduck]

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> Rick Stevens
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:05 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: stability of RHEL ES 4 (was: RE: trouble 
> installing/running the Domain Name Service Configuration Tool)

> >>This problem appears just after you finished the
> >>installation and boot the system for 1st time? 
> > 
> > 
> > No, and this is what's strange, it takes anywhere from a 
> few days to a 
> > week or two to crash, and that's always after having it running 
> > constantly. I do a few reboots during the period, but the problems 
> > seem to crop up outside of those (i.e. programs suddenly freezing, 
> > bizarre characters on the screen in the middle of others etc.).
> 
> Ok, this is very indicative of a power supply going bad or an 
> overheating CPU.  First, check the fan on the CPU's heatsink 
> and make sure it's spinning at a good speed.  Fans croak very 
> often and a hot CPU is not a happy CPU.  If the blades aren't 
> a blur, replace the fan and/or heatsink (don't forget to use 
> more thermal goop if you replace the heatsink).
> 
> If that doesn't do the trick, I'd replace the power supply.  
> It's hard to catch a bad supply, as you need to track its 
> output using something like a recording DMM (fairly expensive 
> for occasional use).  New supplies are $50 U.S. in most 
> places and it's probably cheaper to put in a new one than 
> trying to analyze and/or repair the old one.
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Very helpful advice. Thanks so much, Rick. 


Ed McCorduck
Ed.McCorduck at Cortland.edu
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