RE: [cobalt-users] Rebooting problem?

["Phil Beynon" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Troy Fridley
> Sent: 11 February 2004 13:41
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Rebooting problem?
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Last couple of days my cobalt raq4i has been rebooting itself without me
> > telling it too. Nothing shows up in the alert box to indicate a problem.
> > In the most recent reboot, I was adding someone to a listserv and then I
> was
> > locked out and the machine rebooted. Any ideas?
> >
>
> We have seen this issue as the result of multiple problems, the first and
> most common is Fan Failure or Bad RAM.  The far worse cause has
> been caps on
> the motherboard going bad. We have lost 2 RaQ4's to this particular issue
> over the years, if you have physical access to the machine pull the cover
> and check the fans.  While your in there make a close visual inspection of
> all the capacitors, make sure they are not domed or split, pay particular
> attention to the ones located around the CPU socket.

The capacitors issue is industry wide.
http://www.niccomp.com/taiwanlowesr.htm
explains quite well.

Phil

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