computer reboots on its own

[Michael]

 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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