Hmmm, interesting. My Monarch seems to have been running fine all day here. No way I'd have 1 Bil credits today if it wasn't. I still have fresh #7 bfg's in cache, and my RAC for BU on the Windows machine with the Monarch hasn't changed recently... And the fan is blowing warm/hot air just like it always has for me.
And MyShortPencils Linux Monarch looks to be healthy and busy as well.