[ale] Losing stability

[Watson, Keith R.]

I recently had a system with similar symptoms. It would start to boot,
produce a beep that didn't resemble any of the beep codes, then hang or
automatically reboot without any of the usual post messages. It took a
while to find the problem. The front panel power switch mount was broken
so when the button was pressed the switch didn't change states
completely. I fixed the switch mount and it has been working fine ever
since.
 
keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA  30332-0280