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Author: Stephen Partington
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: computer reboots on its own
No, just notes. at least from the looks of them.

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:05 AM Bob Elzer <> wrote:

> Are those your passwords on the sticky notes?
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 4:53 PM Michael <> wrote:
>
>> what a mess my computer desk is
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael <> wrote:
>>
>>> [image: 20191002_193516_01.jpg]
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM <> 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 <> 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
>>>> >> >> >
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