On 11/09/2012 12:19 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I don't see anything to give me any definite clues. But here are a > couple of questions that might yield a clue: > > 1. Has this machine sat unused and not plugged in for any length of > time (could be the CMOS battery is dead/dieing)? > I bought it in January and used it every day since then. When it was a windows box, I would have it running for several days at a time doing my usenet harvesting. > 1. When the machine is locked up, can you do Ctrl-Alt-F2 and get a > console (Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to the GUI)? > I can't do anything with it. I can't get to a console. I can ping it when it's working normally, but when it locks up it doesn't respond to pings or anything else. When it locks up it stops everything. If I'm watching a movie on it when it locks up, the audio stops and the last frame is on the screen until I push the power button long enough for the machine to turn it off. I have it and the other box plugged into a netgear router. There's a light on the front of it for each computer that's plugged into it. When I download using this machine, it's light on the router blinks. When the machine locks up, it's light stops blinking. Also I opened it up and checked for dust bunnies. There was a little dust, but not enough to cause any problems. Today I opened a terminal and sensors -f. I get results that vary between 40 and 60F. I do believe I'm not getting an accurate reading because it's not that old in here. Also I shut the machine down and checked the heat sink for the processor. It wasn't even warm. > 1. What, exactly, do you mean by "locking up"? More specifically, > can you be sure that the machine is locked up or could it just be > the display? One way to test that theory is to ssh into the > machine from another machine and run some application that does > updates like top or htop, or a looping script displaying the time > every few seconds. If the machine seems to lock up but the remote > machine still shows ongoing changes, then it is not the whole > machine locking up. > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Derek Trotter > > wrote: > > I have an HP Pavillion p6-2003w pc. This tinyurl > http://tinyurl.com/b36tanr takes you to a page at HP that will > give you details about what's in it if the following isn't enough. > > Motherboard > AAHD2-HY (Holly) > > Processor > AMD E2 3200 Processor > > Memory 4 GB > Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec > Type: DDR3-1333 > > Video graphics HD 6370D > > Sound/Audio Integrated Realtek ALC 656 Audio > > Networking > LAN: 1000-Base-T > Interface: PCI Express x1 > Technology: Realtek RTL8111E gigabit ethernet controller > > Hard drive 1 TB > > CD/DVD disc drive SuperMulti DVD Burner drive > > Memory card reader 6-in-1 multimedia card reader > > Power Supply Internal 300W (100V-240V) > > > The problem is that it's been freezing at random. It was really > bad on Kubuntu 12.0.4 64 bit. It was like the bad old windows 3.1 > days. I never knew when it would lock up. Sometimes it would run > all night without any problems. Other times it would lock up a > few minutes after I rebooted it the last time it locked up. > Sometimes the image on the monitor would just freeze. Other > times the monitor would go to a background of either blue or gray > with thin vertical lilnes. I upgraded to Kubuntu 12.10 64 bit and > it was a little more reliable. Once it locked up and when I > rebooted it, the sound card no longer worked. > > Is there some bug with this machine? Is there some problem with > ubuntu? I'm wondering because last year my other computer behaved > similarly. I posted the problem to this list and someone told me > my problem was a defective nvidia card. They made a bunch of > chips that didn't get along with something in windows versions > after xp and versions of ubuntu after, I believe 8.04. > > Any help will be apreciated. > > Thanks > Derek > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages > to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and > not To: or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before > sending a Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing > addresses from the recipient list and message body. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss