From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 00:14:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2163E16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:14:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43AB043D41 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:14:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982C06128; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:14:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 86650-10; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:13:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAE460F0; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:13:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41F04948.5060303@makeworld.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:14:00 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cali References: <002801c4ff4d$0ad34880$0501a8c0@SPECULUSHX1THE> In-Reply-To: <002801c4ff4d$0ad34880$0501a8c0@SPECULUSHX1THE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My computer keeps crashing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:14:04 -0000 cali wrote: > If this is the wrong mailing list, I apologise, suggestions to a more > appropriate mailing list will be appreciated. > > Reasonably recently I upgraded my hardware to the following: > > Soltek SL-NV400-64 "Purple > Ray" (Socket A) Motherboard > > AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3200+ > 400FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM > > Asus DRW-0402P DVD-R/RW - > Retail > > Adata 512MB DDR PC3200 CAS 2.5 > Adata 512MB DDR PC3200 CAS 2.5 > > Zalman Flower CNPS6000-Cu > Silent Socket A CPU Cooler - > > Antec Sonata Piano Black > Quiet Case - 380W TruePower > Silent PSU > > Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' > Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - > Black/Silver > > Geforce FX 5200 graphics card > > IBM 60GB HD > > Western Digital 160GB HD > > Sometimes when I run CPU intensive applications the system will > crash at seemingly unpredictable times, I have to hard reset the machine > as it > is completely unresponsive, I was running an experiment in console mode > and it showed me the kernel panic: > > kernel trap 9 with interrupts disabled > kernel trap 9 with interrupts disabled > > > Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode > instruction pointer = 0xed7c:0x0 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xe529ed88 > frame pointer = 0x10:0x0 > code segment = base 0xcc084, limit 0xaaec, type 0x0 > = DPL 0, pres 0, def32 0, gran 0 > processor eflags = IOPL = 0 > current process = 533 (maximumcut) > trap number = 9 > panic: general protection fault > Uptime: 5m27s > > and another time: > > kernel trap 9 with interrupts disabled > kernel trap 9 with interrupts disabled > > > Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode > instruction pointer = 0x9d7c:0x0 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xe7509d88 > frame pointer = 0x10:0x0 > code segment = base 0x8c084, limit 0x74ec, type 0x0 > = DPL 0, pres 0, def 32 0, gran 0 > processor eflags = IOPL = 0 > currrentprocess = 593 (maximumcut) > trap number = 9 > panic: general protection fault > Uptime: 16m7s > > I copied this manually so hopefully I copied it correctly. > > I think the problem might be due to my bios settings running the CPU to > fast although I do not think I am overclocking it. This might explain > the strange timing of the problem, maybe the motherboard is unstable. > > here is my dmesg: > > Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #5: Thu Jan 13 12:34:13 GMT 2005 > XXXXXX:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: Mous > ACPI APIC Table: > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ (2205.01-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x6a0 Stepping = 0 > Features=0x383fbff > > AMD Features=0xc0400000 > real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) > avail memory = 1036918784 (988 MB) > ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > npx0: [FAST] > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: on motherboard > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 > cpu0: on acpi0 > acpi_tz0: on acpi0 > acpi_button0: on acpi0 > pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: on pcib0 > pci0: at device 0.1 (no driver attached) > pci0: at device 0.2 (no driver attached) > pci0: at device 0.3 (no driver attached) > pci0: at device 0.4 (no driver attached) > pci0: at device 0.5 (no driver attached) > isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > pci0: at device 1.1 (no driver attached) > ohci0: mem 0xdb002000-0xdb002fff irq 22 > at device 2.0 on pci0 > ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting > usb0: on ohci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > ohci1: mem 0xdb003000-0xdb003fff irq 21 > at device 2.1 on pci0 > ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] > usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb1: SMM does not respond, resetting > usb1: on ohci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > pci0: at device 2.2 (no driver attached) > pci0: at device 6.0 (no driver attached) > pcib1: at device 8.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib1 > rl0: port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem > 0xda000000-0xda0000ff irq 18 at device 5.0 on pci1 > miibus0: on rl0 > rlphy0: on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:40:f4:7b:ac:f4 > fwohci0: port 0xc400-0xc47f mem > 0xda001000-0xda0017ff irq 18 at device 7.0 on pci1 > fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1) > fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 8. > fwohci0: EUI64 00:11:06:00:00:00:6b:29 > fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 3 ports. > fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. > firewire0: on fwohci0 > fwe0: on firewire0 > if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:11:06:00:6b:29 > fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:11:06:00:6b:29 > fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant > sbp0: on firewire0 > fwohci0: Initiate bus reset > fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode > firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) > firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) > atapci0: port > 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 9.0 on pci0 > ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 > ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 > pcib2: at device 30.0 on pci0 > pci2: on pcib2 > nvidia0: mem > 0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff,0xd8000000-0xd8ffffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci2 > nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > fdc0: port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: [FAST] > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on > acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 > sio1: type 16550A > ppc0: port 0x778-0x77b,0x378-0x37f irq > 7 on acpi0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppbus0: on ppc0 > plip0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: on ppbus0 > atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 > orm0: at iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff on isa0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2205011080 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec > ad0: 58644MB [119150/16/63] at ata0-master > UDMA100 > ad1: 152627MB [310101/16/63] at > ata0-slave UDMA100 > acd0: DVDR at ata1-master UDMA33 > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > WARNING: /home was not properly dismounted > WARNING: /proc was not properly dismounted > WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted > WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted > WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted > > Does anyone have any idea why this crashing could be happening? Could it > possibly be the bios settings? > > I don't think it has anything to do with the program I am running as it > does nothing out of the ordinary, I could send the program source code > if necessary? > > If it is the bios settings or an unstable motherboard, then how on earth > does this manifest as a kernel panic? This really interests me. > > regards > > cali Like myself - you may be experianceing the AMD issues that many are. AMD's run hot. Unless you manage to cool it down (I use a 9.00 box fan) to keep my AMD running at 101 degrees F. I'm willing to bet your issue is heat related. Now mind you, a box fan is extreme, but I had one around and it help move ALL the warm air around. -- Best regards, Chris The sun goes down just when you need it the most.