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From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com>
To: "'tanbin'" <tanbin@empworld.com>,
	"'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: RE: mysterious power reset
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:44:56 -0500 
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I had a bad motherboard that caused random reboots.  Once I replaced it, I
never had another reboot.  

I think it was from PC CHIPS.  It had an 'illegal' BIOS chip.  

...Michael..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of tanbin
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 12:00 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: mysterious power reset
> 
> 
> Since 3 days ago, our freeBSD box has automatically 
> power-down-then-up 3
> times. (This has happend only 3 times, all in the past 3 days.)
> 
> The symptom is neither of a 'reboot' command, nor a power 
> button activation,
> but a reset button activation (or someone pressing the power 
> button twice,
> or switching off and on the power point on the wall, which 
> are publicly
> accessible). The last 2 times during the boot i saw "... file 
> system not
> cleanly unmounted. rebooting automatically".
> 
> During all these reboots, i did not notice any power failure 
> to my PC or the
> office lighting. The freebsd box is in the same room, 20 
> meters away from
> me.
> 
> Is there any software/hardware fault that can trigger a 
> power-reset? How do
> I confirm the cause? If it's a disgruntled employee, then how 
> do i track her
> down?
> 
> 
> 
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