Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:34 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Still Freezing Message-ID: <44197252.2070208@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <003e01c64902$809839e0$6501a8c0@GRANT> References: <003e01c64902$809839e0$6501a8c0@GRANT>
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Grant Peel wrote: > As you may be aware, I have a PE 1850 that has started to intermitantly > freeze (this all started Feb 23rd). SOmetimes, it will run for 2 days, > then freeze, sometimes it can run as long as 5 days. > > All logs and everything turned up to near debug, show nothing. The > system just stops dead, and again, a physical suyvey of the server > reveals nothing. All lights still working and blinking, no excessive > heat not beeps etc etc. Maybe your power supply is going bad and delivering marginal voltages? Do you have it in a redundant config, or could you try adding a second PSU? > A week ago, I ran every 32 bit Dell diagnostic I could on it ... for 4 > hours straight and not 1 error found. I also ran memetst86 for 3 hours > and no errors found. That's interesting but not really conclusive. If it's taking 2-5 days for FreeBSD to die, you're probably going to have to run memtest or prime95 at least overnight (12+ hours, and it would be better to run them for longer) to really catch anything. -- -Chuck
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