[bedevtalk] Slow death of a BeBox...

[Axel Dörfler]

Pete Goodeve <pete at jwgibbs.cchem.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>        This is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask.  (Is anyone but me 
> still
> *using* a BeBox? (:-/)

Never had one :-)

> My box is freezing, anywhere from an hour or so after boot-up, to a 
> few
> minutes or even shorter.  It's not clear if it's a temperature 
> problem yet.
> I've tried turning off each processor in turn with no effect, so I 
> guess
> it's not in there.  And I've switched out each memory bank -- again 
> nothing.

Well, the memory banks are a good start, but something like this could 
be anything, and you don't get around checking it out one by one. Ie. 
you should replace the power supply, CD-ROMs, hard-drives, check for 
overheated resistors or chips, see if there are any "cold" capillary 
points, etc.

Bye,
   Axel.