Re: Spontaneous unclean reboots

Curt wrote:

On 2008-09-22, Baron <baron.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Have you checked for bad caps on the mainboard ? They can often
cause
spontaneous reboots. Particularly the ones in the CPU PSU. The bad
ones usually get much hotter than the others.

I checked and there are bad ones. A few of them are brown on the top
(whether this is the result or the cause of my original psu failure, I
don't know).

Maybe I should buy a new mainboard (is that the same as motherboard)?
Well, the big card at the bottom.

Open to suggestions for reliable, linux-compliant material.

Those bad caps can be replaced with a little patience and dexterity !
I probably repair a couple every month. Having said that I am assuming
that you may want to have a go yourself rather than pay someone else to
do it for you.

A reasonable alternative is to buy a cheap Dell box. You should be able
to get one for about 200 euro without a screen, keyboard and mouse.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.
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