[Gllug] Old disk in new machine *just worked*

[Dan Stevens (IAmAI)]

On 16/03/06, Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Paul Rayner gibbered uncontrollably:
> > [*1] It kept rebooting at intervals of 10sec-15mins, replaced the
> > power supply - same problem, unhooked the reset button, still same
> > problem
>
> I've seen thermal problems on AMD boxes cause this; the machine does an
> emergency thermal shutdown (or just misbehaves due to the heat, panics,
> and autoreboots :) ), and cools down just enough while POST runs that
> a short time might pass before it reboots again. Do something else
> CPU-intensive, and whammo, another reboot.

I had rebooting problems with my Linux system like this. The exact
cause I never discovered, but I replaced by motherboard and that's
been fine. Only cost me £30 :)
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