[mdlug] computer shutting down

[Clinton V. Weiss]

On 3/13/07, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
> I mentioned in my DST post that my computer has been shutting itself
> off of late. Can anybody tell me how to diagnose this problem? I'm
> betting the MoBo is going bad (one PCI slot is confirmed dead as of
> December), but I'd hate to spend the time and money on replacing it
> only to not have that be the problem. Is there any easy
> non-part-swapping diagnosis I can perform? Could it be a heat problem?
> What is the threshold temperature? All my fans are working, and this
> is a recent problem.
>

I can't remember the exact file name, but a file under

/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/

will give you threshold temperatures. You may need to have the proper
modules loaded to have these files available.


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