computer reboots on its own

[Michael]

 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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