unexpected reboot

Hal Burgiss hal at burgiss.net
Wed Sep 2 00:54:50 UTC 2009


On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Etienne<etienne at gnulinux.fr> wrote:
> > I am trying to manage an ubuntu server (8.04 LTS) and I just had an
> > unexpected reboot at 11:04 am this morning.
> > I am wondering why .
> > here is the syslog before / after reboot. It does not say anything.
>
> May be hardware related - I'd suspect power supply, overheating or RAM
> if it's hardware.
> Also, depending on the unit, there were lots of motherboards made with
> bad capacitors - take a look at them for bulged tops.
>
> Can you pull it out of service long enough to run a memtest on it? and
> watch the temps while you do so?
>
>
I would agree that is highly likely to be hardware related. I would also
include UPS's as a possble culprit.

-- 
Hal
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