From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 6 15:19:42 2007 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 E4CA616A46B for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:19:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from hannah.tgi.net (hannah.tgi.net [64.34.34.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D1313C481 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:19:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: (qmail 20810 invoked from network); 6 Oct 2007 08:25:16 -0700 Received: from cs213-72.fsmodem.washington.edu (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (140.142.173.73) by gnrac.net with SMTP; 6 Oct 2007 08:25:16 -0700 Message-ID: <4707A770.9060804@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:19:12 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel , FreeBSD Mailing List References: <009c01c80810$169e4830$6501a8c0@GRANT> In-Reply-To: <009c01c80810$169e4830$6501a8c0@GRANT> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Server Reboot 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, 06 Oct 2007 15:19:43 -0000 Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > This is the first time in 10 years I have seen this. > > I have a Dell PE750 (vintage 2004), running FreeBSD 6.2 that had been > up and running for about 30 days without any issues. > > The server somehow rebooted last night, apparently, all by itself. > > The last log file line I can find waqs about 12:30 AM. The dmesg shows > it restarted about 1:12 AM. dmesg shows some file errors that were > fixed upon reboot, other that that, everything is back up and running > normally. > > I was wondering if anyone has seen anything similar and if a cause was > found. > > Here is what I know: > > -all servers (there are 5 more) are plugged into the same power bar > and none of the others were affected > -none of the standard logs show any intrusion or root log in attempt, > -dmesg and console log show nothing of note, > -the DRAC logs and ESM logs show nothing, > -the sensors (temp,voltage,etc) logs currently show no issues, all > well withing normal parms. > -my MRTG logs show no abnormal CPU usage or network activity. > > > Any help would be appreciated, > > -Grant Check the capacitors on the motherboard (in particular near the memory and processor); they may be going bad (esp with that vintage. 2004 Dell was a bad year =P..). You'll be looking for swelled capacitors and possibly some orange dialectric being emitted. -Garrett