Re: [tlug] New Hardware Problem

[Furkan Mustafa <furkan@example.com>]

Hello,

One important detail for me for a similar situation was the omitted 
earth
connection. While most stuff was working without a problem, one of the 
PCs
were getting random lockups after a while. I have replaced *all* parts 
one
by one, and afterall, it was a bit late but, connecting earth fixed
everything. Now I have two PCs of same spec, both working fine.

If this is the case, there is still a chance of permanent damage, 
that'll
make it look like connecting earth did not help.

Hope it helps.

Furkan Mustafa

On 2017-01-09 13:02, CL wrote:
> Trying to diagnose repeated total hardware shutdown after running about
> 40~45 minutes.  Happens repeatedly and I can't seem to find any good
> reason for it.  Maybe someone here can think of something else to try.
>
> I replaced a number of items with brand-name parts following an
> unexplained death of my previous box on New Year's Day.
>
> - Case (Corsair brand), mobo (ASUS brand full ATX), CPU (AMD FX 8-core)
> / CPU fan, and power supply (80 Grade) are all new.
>
> - Memory (16Gb of Elixir brand DDR3 1600 -- 8Gb x 2), Nvidia HDMI video
> card (fanless Zotac w/4Gb onboard), HDDs (2 x 1Tb; 1 x Samsung 3.5 + 1x
> Toshiba 2.5 for backup), and 1 x ASUS DVD RAM/ROM drive are from the 
> old
> box.
>
> - Running Debian Jessie + WIN 10 in a virtualbox
>
> - Both old and new machines use Realtek audio chips and it _appears_ as
> though the drivers are the same for both configurations.
>
> - Motherboard configuration can see and describe both 8Gb memory
> modules, but says I have only 8Gb of memory installed.
>
> Problem: After about 40~45 minutes of use, machine suddenly goes dead 
> --
> no power anywhere.  Restarts immediately and runs fine for about 
> another
> 40~45 minutes.  Does not appear to be temperature or power related.
> Machine is powered off a power strip and I have checked the output
> voltage of the socket and it is a flat 100~102V.
>
> When left running overnight, it stayed on throughout the night
> unattended.  Today is a different story and I am trying to write a
> report.  Have set automatic backup to 5 minutes for my sanity.