Server keeps shutting down ! (FC3)

[jim tate]

Robin Laing wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:14 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 21:26 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Have you checked the BIOS to see if that has any temperature sensors?
>>>       
>> Yes I have.  The temps and voltages look fine, even right after the
>> server shuts down, like when I boot it up afterwards. 
>>
>>     
>>> You could -- carefully! -- try touching the heatsink to see how hot that
>>> gets. If it gets too hot to touch, something's wrong. (Hint: touch it
>>> occasionally while it's running -- it will be cold just after
>>> power-on...) As a bonus, you'll get to watch the fans spinning (and make
>>> sure they *are* spinning).
>>>       
>> The fan is spinning and the heat sink is room temp. 
>>
>>     
>>> Be sure to take reasonable anti-static steps.
>>>       
>> Hmmm.... 
>>
>> -- 
>> Kim Lux,  Diesel Research Inc.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Intermittent problems are costly to trace.  I feel for you.
>
> When the machine shuts down. Does it just freeze or does it quit fully?
>
> Does the machine run better with the covers off?
>
> I am suspecting a poor power supply.
>
> Make sure things are clean.
>
> I would remove all connected devices (cards. memory and cables) and
> reconnect them.  Also check all the jumpers to make sure that they are
> on properly.
>
> Try running the machine with no network connection and in a different
> location.
>
> FWIW, I had a machine that would shut down randomly (new machine) and
> while testing, I tapped the processor board and it quit totally.  Never
> did restart.
>
>   
What did you tap it with, a sledgehammer?
I just had to go for it, that smart remark, I just couldn't resist it.

Sorry
Jim