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Date:      Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:49:29 +1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
From:      Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
To:        Marcel Prisi <marcel-lists@virtua.ch>
Cc:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Machine rebooting frequently
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.4.43.0203050845580.1108-100000@den2>
In-Reply-To: <001f01c1c37f$e073e880$8301a8c0@aubonne.virtua.ch>

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On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Marcel Prisi wrote:

>  Help !!
>
>  We have a postgresql server (bi-PIII 833, 1Gb RAM, Adaptec SCSI RAID)
>  rebooting by itself more and more frequently.
>
>  I can not find any message anywhere, as if someone just presses the "reboot"
>  button every now and then. It used to reboot every week or so, but it
>  rebooted just six times today !
>
>  What can I do to fond the cause ? The machine runs 4.5-RELEASE, but used to
>  run 4.3-PRERELEASE with the same trouble.
>
>  I partially checked RAM through memtest86 (www.memtest86.com) but did not
>  find any trouble. What might it be ? faulty processor ? Faulty power-supply
>  ? any clues ? how to test ?

Marcel,

I had a server doing just that (PIII-733, 768MB RAM, Tekram SCSI with 2
drives, Intel 440BX, 4.2-STABLE with softupdates).

What "fixed" it was to recompile the kernel, taking out SMB and I2C. I
later upgraded it to 4.5-STABLE, and it still runs fine. Unfortunately, I
can't experiment with the server to see if in actual fact it was the SMB
and I2C components that were the culprits, so I don't know for sure what
caused the spontaneous and frequent reboots.

-- 
Juha
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