[vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

[Brian Lavender]

Check the system event logs in the motherboard bios. Sometimes listed
under SEL. Otherwise, I would stress test the machine. I used to run ctcs
to burn in systems for a cluster I worked on for LLNL. It does memory,
io, and cpu stress tests.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs/

You could also try lm-sensors to monitor the hardware.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2780

brian

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:21:14AM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote:
> Recently I upgraded to this MB, with an AMD Phenom II.  The latest 
> Kubuntu (10.10) is loaded onto it.  Twice it has halted suddenly: no 
> activity, no output, and has required a reboot.  This is not an external 
> power problem: its power comes from an APC 3000.  There is nothing in 
> the logs: everything runs normally and then suddenly nothing does.
> 
> In both instances, the stoppage has occurred in the middle of a set of 
> cron.daily jobs (in the middle of the night), so I am exploring that 
> avenue.  The problem is that the machine has been in place for 7 weeks, 
> and the two stoppages are about 5 weeks apart - there's not much to go on.
> 
> I'm looking for any ideas about how to track this down: is there a 
> utility that might give me more insight?  More to the point, does anyone 
> in the group have this combination and a comparable experience?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Cam Ellison
> 
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