[mythtv-users] System hangs occasionally

[Dick Steffens]

On 11/09/2014 06:20 PM, Kingsley Turner wrote:
>
> I went through this a year or two ago with my current hardware.
> Started out failing every two weeks or so, but it got worse and worse.
>
> Replaced everything bit by bit.  Eventually it turned out to be the 
> fricken' CPU.
> Since when do CPUs break ?!
>
> Since about 18 months ago apparently.
>
> My list of stuff to check/do (in very rough order of 
> cost/priority/likelihood)
>    - Clean out all fans and heat-sinks
>    - Pull out RAM, re-seat it (thermal changes, I've heard, can cause 
> RAM sticks to loosen).
>       - You could run the memory test app on boot, but for very 
> infrequent lockups like that, I don't think it will find anything.
>    - Borrow some RAM the same, test
>    - Check heat-sink compound between CPU & heat-sink is in tact
>
> then there's the power supply, CPU, other cards, etc.  Swap these out 
> with borrowed ones if you can.

Thanks. I'll keep those in mind and give them a try when I can get to it 
again.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens