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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 03:12:48 -0400
From: Arturus Magi <sailorleo AT isonews2 DOT com>
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To: "D. Bollmann" <dbollmann001 AT web DOT de>
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Subject: Re: cygwin crashes after every ~ 10th command and starts up only   every ~ 4th try...
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D. Bollmann wrote:
> 
>  >   What happens if you switch your computer off and let it cool down 
> for a
>  > few hours?  Odd behaviour like this is very common when a PC is 
> overheating,
>  > and sometimes a PC can be OK in the winter and spring and then start to
>  > experience overheating problems when the hot summer weather arrives.  
> Which
>  > it just has, here in England, and I'd guess over there in Deutschland 
> too?


> I am working in Tokyo and thanks to the rainy season the weather changes 
> all the time - plain sun & hot humid air  / less hot & rainy / hot 
> weather & sun again... It would be impossible to work if the 
> air-conditioner wouldn't run all the time. Still - sometimes it is quite 
> hot even with the air-conditioner running...


> Is there some function (network / processor data etc.) I could protocol 
> somehow in order to provide some more helpful information if the problem 
> repeats?
> 

If it was a weather related failure, this may help: 
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

If your system supports it, MBM will monitor the temperature and voltage 
gages on your system, and the operation of the fans.  The acceptable 
range for these stats depend on the hardware, so I can't give specific 
advice.

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