You only need 500MG. A USB HD that size will be cheaper than the can of air. Buy one too! ET Michael writes: > all the fans are working. I'll try the memtest.... I don't have a spare usb > drive large enough..... > $ sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc > dd: writing to '/dev/sdc': No space left on device > 128001+0 records in > 128000+0 records out > 65536000 bytes (66 MB, 62 MiB) copied, 21.5638 s, 3.0 MB/s > bmike1@MikesBeast:/tmp$ > I'll take care of it tomorrow > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM wrote: > >> I agree that heat is a big suspect, but it could also be some creative >> video >> driver or a bad memory. >> Give memtest a try: >> https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-usb.zip >> ET >> >> >> Matthew Crews writes: >> >> > On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote: >> >> Thank you so much for the help I really truly appreciate it. >> > >> > No problem, its what we are here for. >> > >> >> Does it reboot while you are using it? Are you using very intensive >> >> applications on it, or very not-intensive applications? >> >> >> >> >> >> So far it has only only reboot. after I load Chrome. And it doesn't >> >> happen all the time usually it will load the Chrome and it will reboot >> >> then open it again and then it will be fine. >> > >> > Chrome is notoriously resource intensive. Maybe give Chromium or Firefox >> > a try. >> > >> > But based on that answer I'm leaning towards a fan failure first. As you >> > said you are currently in Miami, so when you get back definitely check >> that. >> > >> > Could also be simple dust accumulation, something a can of air can fix. >> > That is something that is obvious to see when you look. >> > >> > There are a few other possible things to check, but lets rule out the >> > simple stuff first before we dive deeper. >> > >> > -Matt >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://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: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss