Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 15:52:13 +0200 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: Weird Hardware Problem Message-ID: <CADqw_gKyNwKHKMFU1%2BHu1g2ykKb8cHRDxxWsDuJo8qNuwY0Uxw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0a9f810d-7b4b-f4e6-4b7c-716044a9cf69@tundraware.com> References: <0a9f810d-7b4b-f4e6-4b7c-716044a9cf69@tundraware.com>
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can you trigger the problem when you perform the linux installation with full disk encryption in a VM? On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:48 PM Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > I was recently given a Dell Inspiron 3847 which has an i7-4790 and 16G > of memory. Perfect for multibooting BSD and Linux. It needed a new power > supply but now that this is installed, it's exhibiting a very strange > problem. > > The machine will work for hours flawless and then - for no apparent reason > - > reboot randomly. The former owner reports that this was also happening > when they last had it running Win8. > > I've run very heavy loads on it with load averages up to almost 50 - no > problem. I've run overnight memory tests which return 0 errors. > I've run CPU stress tests flawlessly and temperatures were fine. > > One hint here: I can consistently force the problem to happen if I start > a Linux installation and request full disk encryption as part of the > install. > I doubt it has anything to with encryption per se, but there is some kind > of pattern of use that it causing the reboot. > > Has anyone else ever seen something like this and/or have resolution? > > Is there a known bug with that processor? > > My first instinct was to blame flakey memory (DDR 1600 2x8G Hynix) but - > as I said - memory testing is flawless. > > Thoughts and ideas most welcome. > > > TIA, > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'
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