computer reboots on its own

[Michael]

what a mess my computer desk is

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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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