[LBo] Why I need to cronjob a reboot

[Brice Hunt]

Billy Pollifrone wrote:
> Ben wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Chris wrote,
>>
>> "What reason do you have to shut the machine down?"
>>
>> It has a problem I haven't been able to figure out.  After being on
>> continuously for about 2 days, both case fans speed up to at least twice
>> the speed and noise for seemingly no reason.  There is no overheating,
>> and the air being blown out is cool.  The machine becomes unpredictable
>> after that and has to be shut down by holding in the power button or
>> switching off the PSU. 
>>     
>
> That sounds like a hardware issue of some sort to me. Have you thought
> about running an overnight memtest on it when the web services are not
> needed?
>
>   
It's a weak voltage regulator module (VRM) that's on the motherboard. It
might be made worse with a weak power supply.  It's a very common
problem with eMachines.

Brice