computer reboots on its own

[Bob Elzer]

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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