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Computer did a reboot right when it was transmitting a WU!

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Anyone ever experience their computer rebooting itself right when a WU was being transmitted? My primary cruncher on which I'm typing did just that while I was right in the middle of one of lengthy reply messages. 😛

I have observed other computers that seem to get hung at that same moment. It's like the straw that breaks the camels back. I've had a lot of my mini-teammates have stuck WUs lately which I read that many on our TeAm also seem to get from time to time. I wonder if these FAT WUs have something to do with this?

The WU was nothing special: AR 0.518 Ra,Dec 1.78,11.3 CPU Time 3:24

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Overclocking? Pushing the heat limit on the CPU?

When it hits that point it's probably working on the next WU and the first bits of a new WU really load up the CPU.

<shrug>

Or maybe a NIC driver?

<big shrug>
 
conjur: Running a 1900+ XP @ 143FSB, Temp:46C, Epox 8k7a, has been rock solid. I have elevated it to my main workstation: meaning I've run this baby for well over a month with no issues before trusting it with my main "stuff". It has had that honor for almost a month. OC being the problem is still possible but seems unlikely to me?

OrangeKid: No I don't run OUTLOOK. I prefer Outlook Express. I have chosen to not even install OUTLOOK on my computer though I do run OfficeXP on a Win2000Pro OS.

I didn't mention it but I also have an APC UPS protecting this computer from momentary power outages. Any power outage beyond 7 or 8 seconds automatically starts up my 30 KW Generator. /snort snort snort/ 😀
 
Well, I have an NT 4 server lightly overclocked that's pretty stable but seems once every 2-3 weeks I check on it and it's sitting at a login window (and it's on a UPS as well).

Maybe just one of those things? But, in your case, if it's typically happening during upload of a WU/beginning work on a new WU...well...maybe a bug in the SETI CLI? Or something in the NIC going haywire while sending to the Queue? Do you have your machine set to not reboot on BSODs?
 
I have all of my machines set to RESTART after a power outage. It could have been a glitch in the UPS where it momentarily cut off voltage?
 
BTW, I stated something wrong to OrangeKid a few posts back. It turns out that OUTLOOK is installed on this computer. I haven't run it but must have just chosen the easy "install all" when I set this computer up. Doesn't seem like that would have anything to do with the "incident" if the program isn't open?
 
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