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Date:      Thu, 8 Mar 2001 05:16:06 -0600
From:      "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
To:        "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, <kstewart@urx.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Argh! Many sig 11's
Message-ID:  <008201c0a7c1$3dda0940$6100000a@vladsempire.net>
References:  <3AA4E3A1.3A1D0EB2@quake.com.au> <3AA4E4D7.6512744E@urx.com> <3AA4EB5C.E46739E3@quake.com.au>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au>
To: <kstewart@urx.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Argh! Many sig 11's


> Kent Stewart wrote:
> >
> > Kal Torak wrote:
> > >
> > > Hiyas,
> > >
> > > One of my machines running 4.0 Stable had its power supply go,
> > > I since replaced it and now when coping large amounts of data
etc
> > > things start dieing with sig 11's...
> >
> > There isn't anything that says the new PS doesn't have problems.
Have
> > you got a spare you can test. You don't even have to screw it into
> > place to test it. I have also used a cardboard box in front of a
> > system to hold test motherboards before.
>
> Unfortunately I had two PSU's go close together... I ended up having
> to put a 400W into a system that was working fine with a 250W PSU...
> But I dont have anymore to test, besides broken ones...
>
> > > Eg. cp -ipRP /usr /newusr (/usr and /newusr are in separate
drives)
> > > after about 10mins of copying syslogd exited on 11, then ntpd
then
> > > getty, then vm caused a panic and the system died...
> >
> > FreeBSD 4.x is sensitive to bad spots. It doesn't like any around.
> > With the panic when vm starts makes me think it is HD related but
you
> > never know if you are seeing a symptom or a side effect until you
> > solve it.
>
> Yeah, well one of the hdd's is making a lot more noise than it used
to,
> thats why I was trying to copy /usr to another drive so I can take
the
> flaky one out...
>
> I did change a lot of hardware after the PSU died, like I took out a
few
> PCI cards and a CD-Rom, and the CD-Rom in there is set to master
with a
> slave attached, but there isnt a slave which causes a slight delay
at boot
> time... But Im just trying to work out what exactly could be causing
these
> Sig 11's, and all I have know to cause them is bad ram...
>

There is nothing to stop a bad power supply from ruining your ram.
Have it tested, or replace it.

Josh


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