[lug] System dies occasionally - was: (no subject)

[Rob Riggs]

AMD or Intel? Have you tried logging your CPU temp to see if it's 
overheating? I read somewhere (sorry, no reference) of some dual-Athlon 
systems behaving this way when they overheat.

-Rob

keith.herold at cox.net wrote:

>Howdy!  I have just started using a dual processor machine (2x 1.7G, w/3G RAM) and RH 7.1 .  Install works fine and the smp kernel (2.4.7-10smp ) appears to work, but occasionally (randomly, and not triggered by a particular application) the system goes dead (the monitor displays the 'no signal' warning) and will not wake up (the HD light just blinks, and the power light on the box is off).  I need to be able to run 8 hour+ processes (using both 
>CPU's), but it doesn't seem to be stable.
>
>I worked at another place that had a similar problem (not the same manufacturer though) and they were never able to resolve it.  Can anyone here help?
>