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[Scott Silva]

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Information Services spake the following on 1/10/2006 2:15 PM:
> Once again one of my mailscanner systems locked up.  I had quite a scare
> with this one, and I am sure I will be in during the weekend building
> another system for when this one kills over.  This time I had to take
> out the RAM and replug the HDs in order to it to get a sense of itself,
> but I am wondering if it has something to do with the powerleaps we have
> in the Dell Optiplex G1s.  Could they be overheating and causing the
> lockups?  If this is possible that would explain why it booted after I
> messed with the other hardware.  But this is what I retried from the
> /var/log/messages.  Better information, but not something I understand. 
> Can you make sense of it??
> 

Do you have the original processors?
If so, swap out the powerleap and see if problem goes away.
Also could see if cooling fans are slowing down/stopped, or accumulation
of dust in fins.
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