I have had several system crashes trying a gentoo install.
These crashes involve the loss of speakup and no capability to resurrect speakup either.
Further to that, when the system is shutdown it cannot be restarted
without use of the reset button additional to the power button.
When I take my finger off the reset button, the fan inside the computer speeds up and the system dies again with the fan turning off.
It could be I have hardware problems over here and will have to replace
this system soon.
Most recent crash happened after opening links on the gentoo page itself.
So far, gentoo is the only flavor of linux used around here that crashes
my hardware like that. It was suggested the special glue holding the fan
to the cpu may have given out and in that case it's time for a new
computer.
In any case, this has been max frustrating.
...I don't believe that is glue, but thermal compound, which is supposed to
Most recent crash happened after opening links on the gentoo page itself.
So far, gentoo is the only flavor of linux used around here that crashes
my hardware like that. It was suggested the special glue holding the fan
to the cpu may have given out and in that case it's time for a new
computer.
In any case, this has been max frustrating.
On 4/17/22 11:06, Jude DaShiell wrote:
...I don't believe that is glue, but thermal compound, which is supposed to assist the flow of heat from the CPU to the heat sink. If that is the problem,
Most recent crash happened after opening links on the gentoo page itself. So far, gentoo is the only flavor of linux used around here that crashes
my hardware like that. It was suggested the special glue holding the fan to the cpu may have given out and in that case it's time for a new computer.
then your shutdowns would be due to overheating. Depending on the particular
motherboard/CPU combination, it should be possible for someone to remove the fan and heat sink from the CPU, clean off the old compound, and replace the heat sink using new thermal compound. I don't know if there is any way for you to monitor the CPU temperature or at least get a warning if that is the reason for the shutdown.
In any case, this has been max frustrating.
Quite understandable.
Jack
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