From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 8 11:53:42 2009 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 BB1E71065700 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:53:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f206.google.com (mail-bw0-f206.google.com [209.85.218.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2788FC0A for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:53:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so1308436bwz.43 for ; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:53:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eDZCU618afXeu/yNIbPZvfgy/eWTQKdc0hV7qVrMtyw=; b=n99NtGafhmQUqFlJM5q/f9h0oW5/UnzA552VUKh+TxAk2wgLiaYhvedTLdSIEQLwzo Qf9oNl454B88b/OUPg5LW9W2q5ISSjIE0DwBjVJnpJso2VX81HbBgI8tYvVZ2XsGxTdd 5EYRYWFV8hcfUqhv8X3t58U36OT+q+vRb5VFU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=KU9A1Z/JEUWYWE5cGwkklkVmxTtJ1AME+EynfnNbNhR4sgEnuTzXnUNBK286zhR7R3 AKyMwlmiyKWfQsef3669I5C7vEmXmzsLthnRuR49gUlzZsUK8aNeAhj16L5SVfnanL7T 2IDcxoKiUS39ZOK0uDnfJzfnZ3SILZ4GoBj6o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.61.207 with SMTP id u15mr1678355bkh.97.1249732420458; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:53:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4d4e09680908070847jfed3447v4863b7637585f54@mail.gmail.com> <20090807212050.GB48236@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 07:53:40 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7656f1ff59e2a6e7 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908080453i316e1f3buc00f3d0d8477794b@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: Tim Judd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Roland Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Boot 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: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:53:43 -0000 >> Looks like your hardware is dying/dead. > > Sadly, I agree. > > Reset BIOS CMOS data (hardware jumper on motherboard) > Enter RAID controller BIOS, (re)set your "boot drive" > > But it looks like a fundamental BIOS control issue is malfunctioning. > > Do you have a PCI Diagnostics card? =A0One like the following? > > http://www.uxd.com/phdpci.shtml > > (I'm not saying that exact model, but rather a device that is able to > see BIOS codes through the PCI bus that can tell very technical detail > to tech support at the motherboard's vendor (you said Intel, right?).) > > Hardware rarely up and dies. =A0Have you tried swapping RAM chips out, > or re-ordering them to see if it might be a RAM problem? > > Maybe we're not passing POST, or that we're passing POST but the > bootable device list is not finding bootable medium. > > These kind of issues intrigue me, because it is out of the norm, and > why did it happen. > > I'd get to the point of swapping hardware one at a time until it > fixes, or until you exhaust your options. =A0Have any kind of support > contract with the OEM? I do have a support contract and I'm going to dump this right in their lap. Two machines we bought from them -- pretty expensive ones -- and both have had hardware failures. And they are only a couple of years old. I'm not too happy with them at the moment. Well, I need to focus on getting my poor customers back online, so will have to put this problem aside for the weekend. As usual, thanks for the help and support from all. FreeBSD is the best OS, and this group is the best (by far) support group I've ever belonged to. I do appreciate it and I hope someday I'll know enough to give the kind of help I've gotten here. Brgds: John