system crashes every 20 minutes

Rob Crittenden rcrit at greyoak.com
Tue Oct 30 13:57:56 UTC 2007


Chen, Douglas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I have a Dell Precision 470 running Redhat WS release 4 (linux 2.6.9-5 
> ELsmp) that crashes every 20 minutes. It was working fine till recently. 
> I tried to reinstall the OS that didn’t help. I think it might be the 
> hardware that cause the problem, but can’t figure out which parts is 
> defected and needs to be replaced from command “dmesg” output. Can 
> anyone tell me what the problem is from the following dmesg message or 
> there are more commands to use to identify the defect parts? Your help 
> is greatly appreciated.
> 

I'd install and setup lm_sensors and monitor your temperatures and/or 
open the case and verify that all the fans are working.

rob




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