Okay e t I bought a USB drive and ran the command 2 put the memtest on it but when I boot it gets to verifying DMI pool and just sits . I've had a going for about 15 minutes and nothing's happened what do you advise I do On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 6:38 AM wrote: > 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