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Re: [TCLUG:20659] [OT] Things that go *BEEP* in the night...
Is it overheating? My BIOS will try to shut down the system if the CPU
gets too hot, but it usually goes through a sequence of beeps first (for
weeks I thought the beeping was a RAID card rebuilding the array because
of a failed drive...)
Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Brian wrote:
> This isn't a linux question, but it's driving me nuts so I must ask
> someone. I purchased a new case last week and moved my old system out of
> its case and into the new one. Had no problems getting my computer back
> up, and for 3 days I was smiling proudly as I looked at my new full tower
> on wheels.
>
> Then it started randomly rebooting itself. At first it did it once when I
> wasn't looking, and I assumed I just bumped a key or something. Then I
> tried adding my SCSI tape drive and all hell broke loose. I hooked up the
> cabling, started it up, and it went into a cycle of rebooting itself.
> Sometimes it would start loading linux,and at some point during the boot
> sequence it would reboot. Sometimes it rebooted during the memory check.
> It did this 4 times before I unplugged the SCSI cable and turned it back
> on. Did the same thing. Unplugged the power cable, and it booted fine,
> only to mysteriously reboot 6 hours later. This morning as I was laying
> in bed contemplayting whether or not to get up before my alarm went off I
> heard the modem click (my first indication that it's going to reboot) then
> seconds later a loud beep as the linux install CD booted up. About 30
> seconds later, same thing.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of what happened?? I'm thinking either I
> staticly discharged on the board when I moved it (it's being replaced in a
> few months anyway) or my 300 watt ATX power supply is freaking out.
> Anyone have an idea??????
>
> TIA,
> Brian
>
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