computer reboots on its own
Michael
bmike1 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 1 16:24:25 MST 2019
where is lmsensors. my websearch says it is lm-sensors and at says
lm-sensors is the most recent version but neither lmsensors nor lm-sensors
runs.
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:04 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip! No fixing that:( Replace computer.
> You know.... it has been a while since a reboot.
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:01 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Well,
>> lmsensors will allow you too look at the temp of your CPU. If you are
>> idling and the temp is say 30 degrees normally, and all the sudden you see
>> the temp spike to 70 and a reboot happens, check your heatsink. If the proc
>> is really 70c, you should not be able to get close to your heatsink without
>> feeling heat. If you have an IR thermometer, point that at you heatsink and
>> take a temp reading. If it is above ~50, you may have a real heat issue. If
>> it is not, you may have a sensor on the board or cpu that went bad as
>> reporting a bad temp causing a reboot/shutdown because of thermal emergency.
>>
>> Mac
>>
>> Michael wrote on 11/1/19 3:15 PM:
>>
>> Interesting. So how do I check the sensor? How do I fix it?
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 12:27 AM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is starting to sound like a thermal issue. And possibly not an actual
>>> thermal issue, but a sensor issue.
>>>
>>> Mac
>>>
>>> Michael wrote on 10/25/19 7:24 PM:
>>>
>>> No, I didn't. Oh well....
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 7:25 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike, I am sorry that I din not get you a quick reply. I have been
>>>> traveling a lot and was not frequently checking my plug folders. Did you
>>>> figure this one out. I see there was some follow-up discussion with the
>>>> rest of the list.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Mac
>>>>
>>>> Michael wrote on 10/19/19 4:20 PM:
>>>>
>>>> apparently some guy had a similar problem and this is what he said:
>>>> This command shows that my system came up with a new kernel. Ubuntu
>>>> 12.04 64 bit. 3.2.0-63 after reboot, 3.2.0-61 before
>>>> – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 14:20
>>>> 4
>>>> This led me to checking etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades I had
>>>> set Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; I changed it back to the
>>>> default setting of false.
>>>> – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 15:31
>>>>
>>>> found- https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/ ... om-reboots
>>>> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/how-can-i-track-the-cause-of-random-reboots>
>>>> but there was no 'unattended upgrades' line in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 9:04 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> darn....... it just rebooted on its own. lovely:( well, it was fixed
>>>>> for fourteen days at least.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:07 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 11:26 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <
>>>>>> mac at oscontext.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CLI CDRW is not something that I have done - I can't remember the
>>>>>>> burner software I used. I told it the ISO and it burned and closed the
>>>>>>> disc. I am travelling at the moment, so when I get home I will look. As
>>>>>>> for the nomenclature of the device, in RHEL land it is usually labelled as
>>>>>>> /dev/cdrom{0-9}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/5/19 6:54 PM:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> also what is the rw listed as? /dev/sdc? if that is so I would issue
>>>>>>> the command 'sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc'.... right?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 9:34 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> well.... it seems blowing it fixed it. thank goodness! my cdrom is
>>>>>>>> not working and I don't recall if it boots to the USBCDRW. I seem to
>>>>>>>> remember that it was booting from a thumb drive last year (if I remember
>>>>>>>> correctly).... or was it the USBCDRW.... hmmmmm..... hey ET... how do I
>>>>>>>> write the image to the usbcdrw?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:12 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <
>>>>>>>> mac at oscontext.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have had that happen before when a BIOS only partially supports
>>>>>>>>> boot from USB. Have you booted from USB on that system before?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do you have a CD you could burn the iso to and try. That sounds
>>>>>>>>> so... old fashioned, but I have a couple of 10 yr old dell workstations
>>>>>>>>> that don't properly USB boot that I used before I discovered I could
>>>>>>>>> replace them with a couple of RasPis.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/3/19 3:47 PM:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yepers.... just notes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:03 PM Stephen Partington <
>>>>>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No, just notes. at least from the looks of them.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:05 AM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Are those your passwords on the sticky notes?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 4:53 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> what a mess my computer desk is
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [image: 20191002_193516_01.jpg]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM <kitepilot at 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 at 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 at MikesBeast:/tmp$
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > I'll take care of it tomorrow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM <kitepilot at 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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