[OT] PC Hardware Problem

Tim Wescott · 2010-02-21T06:58:18+00:00

It's been ages since I kept current with PC technology, so I wanted to run this by some of you, to see if it lights any bulbs.One of my boxen runs for a while, then (in Linux at least) kernel panics and resets (in Windows it resets, but I haven't stood over it to know if Windows notices the problem). My kid and I were working on it today to reinstall Ubuntu on the theory that the software was just royally screwed, which is when I noticed the kernel panicking.It acts like a thermal problem -- leave it off for a long time and it takes a long time to have a problem, use it a lot and it happens much more often. All the fans work, and at one point I was able to monitor the various system temperatures which showed OK, so it's not something simple like the processor overheating.At this point I'm about ready to start swapping parts, but part-swapping costs $$, so I thought I'd ask the group if these symptoms sound familiar, and if you found out anything specific to go with them.

Feb 21, 2010 42 Replies

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Winston 16 years ago

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Winston 16 years ago

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Ah! Reading between the lines, they squirt a 16mm diameter solder slug out of the extruder (with flux holes in place) then pressurize the flux at one end of the slug whilst (g) drawing the other end through a series of reducing rollers.

Pretty darned clever.

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Winston 16 years ago

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Oops! I should have read your reply first.

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