Re: SuSe reboots on it's own every few minutes

From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:30:25 +0200

Josh wrote:

> This is kind of a follow up to a previous post regarding Konqueror
> rebooting Suse when Konqueror opens up.
>
> Here is my hardware setup:
> Dell PowerEdge Server 2200
> 512 Mb Ram
> 10 GB SCSI HardDrive - Seagate ST1917W
> Adaptec SCSI Card - AIC 7800
> Duel Pentium II 300 Mhz Processor
>
> I installed SuSe using United Linux. The machine appears to boot up with
> no
> error messages indicative of hardware issues. The login screen will
> eventually appear as it boots to KDE. Within 3-5 minutes of boot up
> completion, the entire system will restart and continue in a maddening
> cycle.
>
> Have another PE2200, except it is not a dual processor. Every piece of
> hardware is the same. I run the install, goes through OK until the end
> when
> there errors in the log. When the system boots up, it finds the operating
> system not found.
>
> Unless there is some sort of hardware incompatibility (i'm thinking as it
> relates to the SCSI drives), these are perfectly fine machines. Netware
> 5.1 was running on one of them a while back as our main server, NT on the
> other, then both later served as Win2K DNS servers with no problems.
>
> Any help one can give will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> JM

Dual PII300? Sounds like the machine is getting on a bit. Have you tried
running a memory test on it, to see if there is a problem with the memory
chips? (soak testing it with something simple might show up other problems,
a dodgy connector, dry solder-joint or something of that ilk.)

Also try removing all components, cleaning the connectors and reseating
them. It could just be something coming loose or too much dust in the
works...

Dave

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