You got your answer. 8gig and no swap is NOT ENOUGHT. Am 20.03.2013 22:51 schrieb "Carlos Hendson" <skyc...@gmx.net>:
> On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 20:57 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > you might just hit a thrashing situation. Linux is very bad when it > > comes to abusing swap in case of an emergency. > > > > But it also sounds like overheating or a power problem. Power problems > > might be caused by the PSU - but it could also be the power circuitry > > of > > your mobo. > > It's not a thrashing issue as I don't have any swap. The 8GB of ram has > been sufficient memory for all tasks thus far. I have no objection to > allocating some swap space if it could resolve the issue. > > Actually, Grant and you both suggested possible heat issues which has > just made me think that I should check for dust build up in the CPU heat > sink. There so much dust where I live that I have to vacuum dust build > up from the case. > > The sensors tool reports 51C, it doesn't appear to be running too hot, > but I don't have a baseline to compare it to. I see I need to implement > monitoring for this machine once it's stable again. > > k10temp-pci-00c3 > Adapter: PCI adapter > temp1: +51.0°C (high = +70.0°C) > (crit = +71.0°C, hyst = +66.0°C) > > > I'll give the inside a clean this weekend and see if there's any > improvement. > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Regards, > Carlos > > >
