Re: computer reboots on its own

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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:

> > what do you advise I do...
> Call Geek Squad? 8)
>
> Can you send me a picture of the screen you get?
> Memetest is (or was) prtty straight forward.
> Even *I* could use it! ;-)
> ET
>
>
> Michael writes:
>
> > 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 <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> 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 <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> 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
> >> >> >
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