Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4R Lockup/Crash and Over Heating??

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Farquhar wrote:

> Had a Raq4r decide to quit functioning this morning in the wee hours and
> upon initial inspection it felt unusually warm in comparison to another
> identical RA4R.  The fans had recently been replaced and were blowing full
> force but seem much warmer than the other RAQ4R.

Could the RaQ have been busy doing something?  If this should happen
again be sure to check both top and /proc/cpuinfo.

> I let the unit set for maybe 5-10 minutes and fired it back up and removed
> the cover.  It came back up without problem but I have for the time being
> decided to leave the cover off of it to try and keep it cooler.

Fwiw, the Raq should run cooler with the cover on than off, as long as
the fans are running at the proper speed.

> ==============================
> Is there a log file some where that would show what the last activities were
> prior to the manual shut down and might they also tell me how hot the unit
> was getting??

A bunch of log files, most off of /var/log.

Jeff
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