[GLLUG] system tools and updates

[Andy Ball]

I got the computer in 2009.
The power supply is something i didn't think about.  so I will look into
that.
I had a CPU fan issue a little while ago and had to replace the fan/heat
sink and the CPU may have over heated. other wise CPU would be at the
bottom of list of suspected problems.

- Andy
On Sep 6, 2014 10:14 PM, "Chick Tower" <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/06/2014 09:58 PM, Andy Ball wrote:
>
>> Looking for some help and tips. I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04
>> (64bit)
>>
>> I am having some crash issues lately and suspect Hard drive or CPU
>> issues are there tools that are recommended to help identify what the
>> problem might be. Not the best with command line so graphical tools are
>> desired.
>>
>> I am looking at upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 I leaning towards fresh
>> install.  My main concern is keeping Virtual Box machines from breaking
>> most of them are on an external drive is there something I need to be
>> aware of and back up.
>>
>
> If you're worried about a hard drive failing, Andy, check out smartctl and
> smartd.  I don't know of any GUI interfaces for them, but they're what you
> want.
>
> How old is the problematic PC?  I thought I was had a failing video card
> on my eleven-year-old PC, but a replacement video card didn't make any
> difference.  Later, Bill Marr suggested that it might well be the power
> supply, which I now suspect could be true.  I replaced that PC, though, so
> I'm not going to spend any more time trying to figure it out.  But,
> depending on your symptoms, if there's any reason to suspect the power
> supply you might want to find out how to check that out or how to replace
> it.  In my case, the PC would suddenly start the boot process, with no
> shutdown beforehand.
> --
>
>                                Chick
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