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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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