Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:41:26 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "Amir Y. Rosenblatt" <amir@neuron.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, amir@garpac.com Subject: Re: A new twist on the reboot problems Message-ID: <199607241641.JAA00407@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 24 Jul 96 08:39:04 -0400. <199607241239.IAA00291@prozac.neuron.net>
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>Nope -- it's gone. Last night the thing started making those clicking
>noises again and constantly rebooting. I took it down for a bit, brought
>it up and it had trouble even getting sd0 to start up. The clicking
>sounded like it could have been a breaker or something -- every time I
>heard it, the disk would cut out for a few seconds and then start back up
>again. All my errors have been on sd0 which leads me to believe that
>either my power supply or that disk is hosed. I have a spare 'cuda on
>hand which I'll be installing shortly to see if that's the problem.
I would definitely say that it's either a dying power supply, or a
dying hard drive (having trouble spinning up).
Either way, I'm pretty positive you're seeing bad hardware somewhere
if you're getting this many crashes.
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