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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:10:59 +0000
From:      Jonathan Perkin <sketchy@netcraft.com>
To:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Constantly crashing SMP box
Message-ID:  <20010213111059.H358@netcraft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010212141255.G358@netcraft.com>; from sketchy@netcraft.com on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:12:55pm %2B0000
References:  <20010212135705.F358@netcraft.com> <20010212140801.A46354@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <20010212141255.G358@netcraft.com>

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On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:12:55pm +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:08:01pm +0000, David Malone wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 01:57:05PM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> > 
> > > The ram is brand new, but the CPU's have been taken from
> > > previously-working boxes.
> > 
> > Were the previous boxes SMP? We had a problem with a machine
> > running fine un UP mode but died within minutes in SMP mode.
> > The problem turned out to be heat related and getting better
> > fans fixed the problem.
> 
> No they weren't, thanks for the tip.  I'll give that a try and see
> what happens - odd that it only affects the 2nd cpu though.

Ok, it's now 20 minutes into a make -j16 buildworld after adding fans :)

Considering it would die just by giving it a strange look earlier, I'd
say this was an improvement.  Thanks again for the suggestion.

-- 
  Jonathan Perkin  <sketchy@netcraft.com>  +44 (0)1225 867914
 Netcraft Ltd, Bradford on Avon, UK - http://www.netcraft.com/


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