[mythtv-users] HELP! 64bit Mythbuntu spontaneously reboots (32bit didn't)
Kingsley Turner
krt at krt.com.au
Wed Feb 6 00:18:25 UTC 2013
On 10/07/12 07:22, Kingsley Turner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently re-installed Mythbuntu 12.04 64bit on a machine that was
> running Mythbuntu 11.10 32-bit PAE (without this issue)
>
> Everything seems to be working - it records, plays back, does everything
> OK - except that sometimes the box reboots itself?!
>
> There doesn't seem to be any particular trigger that I can work out - last
> night it crashed while recording as soon as I stopped watching something.
> It also looks like it crashed overnight while recording, but not playing
> anything. Of course it's also been up for sometimes two days without a
> hitch.
So ... more than six months later, I can finally revel the culprit was ...
THE C-P-U !!! <shocked gasp from the crowd />
I bought a new DVB card, and had thus replaced *everything* in the box
except the CPU. The lock-ups & reboots persisted.
Still not wanting to believe it to be true, I only bought a $40 2nd-hand
core2-duo, replacing my core2-quad.
Lots of problems went away.
Crashes (although it's only been 12 hours, so maybe I'm being too
optimistic).
Transcoding didn't work properly either - it missed cut points etc.
Running a high-end open-gl screensaver (it shows my photo album while
idle) used to lock it up
I still need to do some more testing, but *fingers crossed*, it's all fixed
with the CPU.
Are CPU's repairable ?
I wonder if it's still under warranty ? Don't think I have the receipt.
cheers,
-kt
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