Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:32:59 +0100 From: "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-net@epcdirect.co.uk> To: "'Hartmann, O.'" <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>, "'Simon L. Nielsen'" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: 5.1-R-p2 crashes on SMP with AMI RAID and Intel 1000/Pro Message-ID: <00ab01c361a7$cb21d290$c806a8c0@lfarr> In-Reply-To: <20030813115333.D9674@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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The Supermicro dual board I just purchased needed 400W minimum. The 300W supply I ran as a test cut out under load, and it's now running completely stable with a 500W supply. Lawrence Farr EPC Direct Limited > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Hartmann, O. > Sent: 13 August 2003 10:56 > To: Simon L. Nielsen > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: 5.1-R-p2 crashes on SMP with AMI RAID and Intel 1000/Pro > > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > :>On 2003.08.13 10:59:19 +0200, Hartmann, O. wrote: > :> > :>> It seems to me a never ending story. We run a box with a > TYAN Thunder > :>> 2500 Dual SMP mainboard, 2GB ECC Tyan certified memory, > AMI Enterprise > :>> 1600 RAID adapter and additional Intel 1000/Pro server > type (64 bit) > :>> GBit LAN NIC. With FreeBSD 4.8 this was stable, but to achive this > :>> state was really hard! It is a story similar to that what > happend when > :>> we changed towards FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 on this machine. > :> > :>Have you tried with a more powerful PSU? I have had > problems with Tyan > :>boards that were crashing very often, and it turned out to be a > :>bad/insufficient PSU. It worked sometimes, and sometimes it just > :>crashed. > :> > :>Just a wild guess, but might be worth checking out. > :> > :>-- > :>Simon L. Nielsen > :>FreeBSD Documentation Team > :> > > Dear Simon. > > Yes, we did. At this moment we have a redundant 300W PSU and it > worked fine. > > I think if the PSU causes problems, typical hardware errors > or spontanous > reboots might be a indicator, but not the problem of freezing kernel. > In earlier times, when we ordered the TYAN board and its > housing, we were > made aware of this problem by some FreeBSD users which had > problems with > low power PSU. > > Thanks, > Oliver > -- > MfG > O. Hartmann > > ohartman@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Systemadministration des Institutes fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > 55099 Mainz > > Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinenraum) > Tel: +496131/3924144 (Buero) > FAX: +496131/3923532 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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