From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 02:11:51 2012 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 BC40F1065673 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:11:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pancakeking79@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f54.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A1F8FC12 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lahd3 with SMTP id d3so1352349lah.13 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:11:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=++1merqyZ8q3owHr4mJ3eYt3O3ILlb7JlAJZ97ipa3I=; b=j/XK05EhewPwJ5LROb0ns+ehUnfAkbRTFu4knOOe1qyBHz7UiPzXS8VQ3uMSF/Mdbd pKGutBtsdURHGhf2GUZKgKyXdD0tsy4t9C963Va9hVmCVrMWy8zdBq03jgQjQ74v91XR NVC8MfPnJRK3iqA9e4AaqAvZw2qKxs6YLywrU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.100.164 with SMTP id ez4mr1724639lbb.46.1326593508443; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:11:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.6.5 with HTTP; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:11:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:11:48 +0100 Message-ID: From: _ To: Doug Hardie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Probable Hardware Failure 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: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:11:51 -0000 Memory is a rather broad term. If by memory you mean RAM, you could replace your current RAM with another chip, supposing you have one around. An interesting read on "Double Fault" is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_fault According to it, that would rather point to a software than a hardware related problem. On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Doug Hardie wrote: > I have a pretty old desktop that has been around quite awhile. It has > started periodic crashes. No log messages. However, the core status files > all show "double fault". I am confident this is a hardware issue, but is > there any easy way to determine if its power or memory related? Those are > the primary candidates although memory is also possible. We really need to > replace the entire unit, but that might be a bit more salable if I can > present convincing evidence of the cause of the problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >