why does the system often get restarted automaticlly?

[Adam Hough]

You might also want to check and see if there is a bios / firmware
update for you machine.  

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 08:26 -0600, David G. Miller wrote:
> yz wang wrote:
> 
> > Hardware of my computer: Pentium 4 cpu 3.20GHz, RAM 2.00GB, Monitor NVIDIA
> > GeForce FX 5600, two 80GB harddisks, one with windows and one  with fc6.
> > 3D desktop is off.
> > It often crashes or restarts. The latest restarting occurs while only 3 web
> > browsers are open. How can I solve this problem? Thanks!
> I initially had some instabilities on two different systems running FC6:
> 
> On my desktop (older dual Athlon 2400+), I had to remove the 3D 
> xscreensavers.  The system would randomly crash X (could still ssh in 
> but keyboard and mouse went with X).  The system has been stable ever since.
> 
> My laptop dies with a kernel panic within 24 hours of bringing up the 
> wireless interface which uses ndiswrapper.  The system is stable otherwise.
> 
> Don't know if either of these fit your situation.  It sounds like you 
> still have Windoze on your system.  Is it stable running Windoze?  That 
> would tend to rule out a hardware failure as other have suggested 
> although you could have some hardware that doesn't play well with Linux.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
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