From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 2 15:59:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.vagner.com (NS1.VAGNER.COM [204.120.36.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C23237B417 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:59:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by ns1.vagner.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g32Nx5J74156; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:59:05 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Received: from thunderbird (slip-129-37-228-80.az.us.prserv.net [129.37.228.80]) by ns1.vagner.com (8.11.6/8.11.6av) with SMTP id g32Nwq374145; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:58:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Message-ID: <007801c1daa2$a9c79130$0400a8c0@thunderbird> From: "freebsd" To: "Vince Valenti" , Cc: "\"nate\"" References: <3CAA14D5.9060308@ndsu.nodak.edu> <63578.63.121.110.34.1017782722.squirrel@webmail.linuxpowered.net> <000901c1da99$73e937c0$cadef5cc@bendnet.com> Subject: Re: sudden reboots Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:01:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have seen some references to "dell computers" lately having lockups on the order of 6-10 a day using windows that was supplied with it. check www.complaints.com i think that is where it was and also www.my3cents.com also had some complaints listed there. just my2cents.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Valenti" To: Cc: ""nate"" Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: Re: sudden reboots > My mail server has suddenly rebooted several times since I've upgraded it to > 4.5-RELEASE (RELENG_4_5). It never happened with RELENG_4_4. It is a Dell > PowerEdge 6350. Any ideas? > > -Vince > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ""nate"" > Newsgroups: lists.freebsd-questions > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: sudden reboots > > > > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE, and I've been having problems with my > > > computer, a Dell OptiPlex GX300, rebooting suddenly and without warning. > > > No error messages are ever printed. Would FreeBSD ever reboot this way > > > on it's own, or would it always print some kind of error message? I > > > think it's a power supply problem, but I would like to make sure that it > > > couldn't be FreeBSD's fault when I call to get a replacement. > > > > > > if you think the power supply is cutting out it should affect other > > OSs as well. you could try leaving it in the BIOS, and see if > > it reboots, get a linux boot disk and see if it reboots(no need to > > install, just run off the CD/floppy). download QNX(i think its > > still available) and run the demo floppy see if it reboots, etc .. > > > > i would hope this system is on a UPS ? > > > > nate > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message