Gentoo box mystery

Jmaxxz · Apprentice Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 166

I have a box running Gentoo that I am using as a file server. Recently it has been behaving poorly after only running for a couple hours to a couple days the box disappears from the network. When I try to plugin a monitor and keyboard to see what is wrong I can only see a black screen and the keyboard powers down after half a second.

I reboot the box and everything works normaly for a couple more hours (except for grub taking a while to load).

thanks in advanced
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jstead1 · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:54 am Post subject:

run memtest to check memory?
open up the box to see if it is full of dust?
if you check the box before it crashes, and after it is running slow, is any process hogging resources?
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elsphinc · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:56 am Post subject: overheating

could it be overheating due to a clogged cpu fan? i had some wierd issues like that on my old closet server and when i opened it up the fan was fully clogged. after i cleaned it out it ran better.
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Jmaxxz · Apprentice Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 166

I will try memtest.

The box is pretty clean, and I just added another fan recently (not because it was having problems, just because case was not getting the airflow I would like to see)
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Jmaxxz · Apprentice Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 166

i finished a couple complete Memtests and everything checked out fine
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Jmaxxz · Apprentice Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 166

After 61 Successful test the system locked up. (The + sign is still flashing, but nothing else is working.) The all the lights on the keyboard turned on, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and as before no lights lit up on the keyboard and it continued not to work.

Does this mean I need a new MOBO, CPU and RAM?

What other options do I have?
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