I have had this same problem when a RAM Simm went bad on me. I turned on
extended memory checking in the BIOS and saw RAM errors at boot time. Replaced
the SIM and all was well.
Quoting "David B. van Balen" <david.vanbalen@wcom.com>:
>
> Did you build the computer yourself or have someone do it for you? My
> parents bought a cheap computer from some people that were building
> them
> themselves and had lots of trouble with spontaneous reboots... just a
> thought.
>
>
>
>
> On 22 May 2001 09:53:26 +0100, Cliff Rowley wrote:
> > Very strange. I am currently at work, ssh'd into my network at home.
> I
> > telnetted over to my workstation, and expected to pick up a screen
> > session. Unfortunately, the machine must have reset at around 5am
> > (according to uptime). Same Debian/kernel versions.
> >
> > Cliff Rowley
> >
> > The reader this message encounters not failing to understand is
> cursed.
> >
> > - while (!asleep) { code(); }
> >
> > On Mon, 21 May 2001, Cheng H. Lee wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering whether any one could explain why my machine would
> > > spontaneously reboot itself. It's a Debian unstable box running
> kernel
> > > 2.4.4.
> > >
> > > Personally I suspect some sort of issue with the kernel itself. I
> doubt
> > > that the machine has been broken into since absolutely nothing has
> shown
> > > up in my logs, no port scans, no TCP/IP connections, nothing in my
> > > Apache and proftpd logs.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help,
> > >
> > > Cheng
> > >
> > >
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Bill
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