and two fans as well as the cpu fan On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Michael wrote: > this computer is very open. It has three holes to the outside world in it. > I actually thought to myself that I should blow it out a couple of weeks > ago but fogot I had the hand blower and kept forgetting to buy compressed > air to do it. > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Cheaper power supplies are pron to their capacitors failing. this is >> ultimately what will destabilize them. but if after you cooled the system >> off and cleaned out the schmutz and it stabilizes then you might have a >> solution there. Also consider fan/airflow as well. >> >> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Michael wrote: >> >>> you know.... I think it was the heat build up. It crashed multiple >>> times. I blew it off and started it again. It crashed again. I must not >>> have given it enough time to cool because I let it sit for 20-30 minutes >>> and now it isn't crashing. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Carruth, Rusty < >>> Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Power supply, heat., or software bug ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Those would be my guesses. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >>>> Behalf Of *Michael >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 22, 2017 4:12 PM >>>> *To:* PLUG >>>> *Subject:* Well.... I think my power-supply is going. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The computer keeps shutting itself off. :( >>>> >>>> So I remembered that I had a blower for this and I blew it out and >>>> we'll see what happens. The funny thing is that it only seems to do it >>>> after I start darktable. I am guessing that it is because dt uses the cpu >>>> more. I don't know..... Well, we'll start darktable now and see what >>>> happens..... darn. it shut itself off! so this does sound like the power >>>> supply? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: