From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 18 15:25:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgate.jadeb.com (mailgate.jadeb.com [62.49.93.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CE037B403 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 15:25:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jadeb.com (firewall.jadeb.com [192.168.254.2]) by mailgate.jadeb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C5D46B1C for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 23:27:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nettle by jadeb.com with local (RemoteNB 1.54beta1) for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; 18 May 2002 23:25:01 +0000 Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 23:25:00 GMT From: Daniel Barron To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: After 170 days uptime, now reboots every few hours Message-ID: <0302ca384b.nettle@jadeb.com> References: <20020518202133.74BBE5D88@server3.safepages.com> <3CE6CFCA.889BEAF6@mrincubator.org> In-Reply-To: <3CE6CFCA.889BEAF6@mrincubator.org> X-Organization: Jades Domain User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/2.60 (RemoteNB/1.54beta1) (RISC-OS/4.27) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3CE6CFCA.889BEAF6@mrincubator.org> Mark Filipak wrote: [snip] > > Daniel Barron wrote: > > > > Unfortunately the box is one of those mini-pcs, no bigger than a CD ROM > > drive. I can't just swap the PSU [power supply unit] from another > > standard PC to check. This is also the situation with the HD. > > Heat is the enemy of electronics. Check fans, air flow, and dirt/dust. > Clean the unit and relocate it so that air flow is unrestricted. Replace > any fans that may be getting sluggish -- fan bearings do wear out. If > properly maintained, electronics can last indefinitely. Heat can easily > cause CPUs and disk drives to malfunction. If caught early, there may not > be any permanent damage, but if left unattended to, you may wind up having > to replace parts. Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've specifically made sure it had a clear air flow and ensured it was free from dust. Back to the original question; what tools exist on FBSD to diagnose where the fault may lie (mb, hd, ram, cpu, etc)? -- Daniel Barron (Visit http://dansguardian.org/ - True web content filtering for all) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message