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Date:      Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:57:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com>
To:        Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
Cc:        frank@exit.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Numerous hard hangs on TWO different ASUS P4T-E w/P4 1.6G
Message-ID:  <200206071657.g57Gvc2J003748@realtime.exit.com>
In-Reply-To: <3D00E4D0.90007@isi.edu>

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Lars Eggert wrote:
> I've seen these, too, on a dual-P3 Dell Precision 420. Under high loads 
> (buildworld), I get the exact same short-time freezes that sometimes 
> recover, and sometimes lockup the machine solid.
> 
> We have the same sound card (and network card), and in my case, not 
> playing audio during high loads solves the problem - are you using your 
> audio device at all when this happens?

Nope.  Well, sometimes, but not often.  When I am, I get the "repeating
the last sample" effect during the freeze, the same as if the sound card
wasn't generating interrupts (or the system wasn't servicing those
interrupts).  This is one of the things that makes me suspect interrupt
problems.
-- 
Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com	http://www.exit.com/
Exit Consulting                 http://www.gpsclock.com/

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