You have onboard video and a separate graphics card?  I would remove the graphics card and use the onboard for a while.  If it doesn't crash you know it is related to that card.
Have you already ruled out overheating by opening the case and blasting it with a fan?

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
Well darn... that wasn't the problem. It just crashed the entire system after about 15 minutes. SOOOOOO.... back to the original request for information:

probably you graphics card driver. Which one do you use on which platform and operating system?

the driver manager on my Linux Mint18 system says the driver is:

amd64-microcode
Version 2.20160316.1
Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs

Which I guess is the driver if I was using the on-board video but I just looked at the card and written on the back is 'RoHS'. I wasn't to sure if that was the video card's manufacturer so I looked it up.... and it is. Now I'm lost..... I don't know how to find out the specific card or how to install it's driver:(


On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
As it is looking now it was my card. This is a note to someone who I hope helped: Thanks for inspiring me to look up the video card driver. There was one listed but the button next to 'do not use' was blacked in.


On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
I am thinking it is my video card. Is there something I need to do to access the video card or to make usable??

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
nope.... that did not seem to do anything:
bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ modprobe k10temp
bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +66.0°C  

it8718-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:          +1.46 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in1:          +1.94 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in2:          +3.25 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
+5V:          +2.99 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in4:          +3.10 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in5:          +3.25 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in6:          +4.08 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
in7:          +2.35 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +4.08 V)
Vbat:         +3.15 V  
fan1:        3139 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan3:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan5:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
temp1:        +35.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +51.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode
temp3:        +52.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid:    +1.050 V
intrusion0:  ALARM

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +48.8°C  (high = +70.0°C)
                       (crit = +72.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)

bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ 


Cool.... I do have a video card after all!

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <dev@snitselaar.org> wrote:
On Wed Nov 01 17, Michael wrote:
so what command do I execute to utilize the probe?


modprobe k10temp

and then check the output of the sensors command


On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

it is there:
$ modinfo k10temp
filename:       /lib/modules/4.4.0-53-generic/kernel/drivers/hwmon/
k10temp.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
description:    AMD Family 10h+ CPU core temperature monitor
srcversion:     4BBE5D56D6917F9D3D415AA
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001583sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001533sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001573sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d0000141Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001403sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001603sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001703sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001303sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001022d00001203sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
intree:         Y
vermagic:       4.4.0-53-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm:           force:force loading on processors with erratum 319 (bool)


On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <dev@snitselaar.org>
wrote:

On Tue Oct 31 17, Michael wrote:

Sorry to say but yes it is.

$ lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                4
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    4
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            16
Model:                 5
Model name:            AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Stepping:              2
CPU MHz:               1400.000
CPU max MHz:           2600.0000
CPU min MHz:           800.0000
BogoMIPS:              5223.39
Virtualization:        AMD-V
L1d cache:             64K
L1i cache:             64K
L2 cache:              512K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3
Flags:                 fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc
extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save

After looking further into this I found something <below>. Do you think I
should compile it?
Date Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:23 +0100
From Clemens Ladisch <>
Subject [PATCH] k10temp: temperature sensor for AMD Family 10h/11h CPUs


The k10temp driver has been in the kernel since 2.6.33. look at the
config for
your kernel to see if CONFIG_SENSORS_K10TEMP is there. I imagine your
kernel
already has the moduile built, unless you have been building your own.

try 'modinfo k10temp' and see if it is there already.


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