Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:53:59 +1000 From: Q <q_dolan@yahoo.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Hicks, Raymond" <Raymond.Hicks@dhs.gov> Subject: Re: kernal panic when trying to recompile world or kernel Message-ID: <1067010838.1575.12.camel@boxster.onthenet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <44ad7te5ye.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <234DD3619C980047AE58D944F03C3F13EF908C@HQWIRMEXCH04.hq.ins> <44ad7te5ye.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Check that the CPU fans are functioning correctly. You may have a cooling problem that only appears under load. Seeya...Q On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 23:51, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Hicks, Raymond" <Raymond.Hicks@dhs.gov> writes: > > > I was hoping to get some insight into what could be causing these issues. > > Any thing you can do to help is appreciated. Here is the situation: > > > > I have an asus A7M-266D with dual athalon MP 1800+ and 1.5G of DDR 2100 > > RAM. The machine has 3 120GIG IDE drives, one floppy and one CD drive. > > Drives are western digital. The kernel is compiled for SMP and the release > > is FREEBSD-5.1-RELEASE although sources were current till about June at > > which time I moved and did not do much to system. Now I have gotten the > > system out of storage and set it up .. it runs fine but I have recently > > tried to cvsup then recompile world and I get: > > > > KERNEL PANIC with CPUID = 0 > > lapic.id = 00000000 > > > > It seems like a random error in that it sometimes does it in 2 minutes and > > other times it will go for almost 10 minutes. Once it happens, the machine > > reboots. I originally thought this could be due to heat from processors so > > I took measures to reduce heat. There are currently 2 fans pushing air into > > the case and 3 fans plus 1 blower pulling air out of the case. Each CPU has > > a new amd cpu fan with bearings and the temp is well within the limits of > > normal operation. I am at a loss for this and was wondering if anyone had > > any ideas on ways to fix / mitigate. > > Still sounds like some kind of hardware problem, because it runs fine > as long as it isn't under pressure and fails in a different way each > time. If it's always the same CPU, that may be a hint. Bad RAM is > the most frequent culprit for such unpredictable problems, though. > > If you have the opportunity to disable SMP and try again (e.g., you > have a GENERIC kernel around that matches your userland), that would > be worth a shot. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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