From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 13:33:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E79106564A for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C138FC19 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L5gzL-00054u-Bf for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:32:59 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:32:59 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:32:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:32:55 +0100 Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <1227792354.3603.21.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigFF43CF15022E48D9E9AD0E74" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) In-Reply-To: <1227792354.3603.21.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: APIC error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:33:02 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigFF43CF15022E48D9E9AD0E74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Da Rock wrote: > I know the system is failing because I'm getting usb enumeration errors= > (something that has come up twice before on dying systems, and has > disappeared as soon as I bought a new one), plus acpi errors in the for= m > of being unable to attach device data. >=20 > I understand this software unable to cope with interrupts at the cpu, > and can mean hardware failure or bad software. But given my hardware > issues I'm fairly certain its the former. My biggest question is where?= > How does it come up with something like that? >=20 > Can anyone shed some light on the details of this? I'll be greatful for= > whatever I can get- information is power after all. This is too little information for general troubleshooting, except if someone has encountered this exact problem before. =46rom your description, especially since you're suggesting a hardware failure, it could be anything from BIOS or BIOS "CMOS" error (or battery) to real hardware problems in the conductors to the buses. --------------enigFF43CF15022E48D9E9AD0E74 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLqGHldnAQVacBcgRAmI6AKDBRbrF1rFAFGc4Ak6bMFzgd0sd7gCgmv+1 CmUSWHY7VyKPmF9xzU7Yuj4= =qeJD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFF43CF15022E48D9E9AD0E74--