[ale] final plea for help (more kernel panic info)

[Doug McNash]

It's a hardware thing.  Heat up the components and they 
expand, cool down and they contract (ever so little) but 
enough to short or open a circuit on a marginal solder 
joint or internal chip connection.  The problem statement 
describes 10-30 min of running time before failure.  So 
some part of the system failing when it gets warm.  The 
hair dryer just speeds the process and lets one isolate 
the component.

>Where the hell do you come up with these ideas?  Is there 
>some sort of
>"Home Remedies for the PC" book I've overlooked?  ;-p
>
>John
>
>> Final test, get a hair
>> dryer and a can of compressed air. with the box running 
>>, warm the board
>> from the back until it dies, reboot, use the air cans to 
>>cool the
>> chipset and test again. If cooling the chipset with a 
>>warm board
>> otherwise runs well, the chipset is bad.

--
Doug McNash
dmcnash at smyrnacable.net
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