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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:43:15 -0500
From:      Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>
To:        Steve Grandi <grandi@noao.edu>, Paul Sandys <myj@nyct.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I need a strategy for making my STABLE installation stable
Message-ID:  <19980223214315.08888@vmunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980223144956.16854K-100000@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu>; from Steve Grandi on Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 02:51:33PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223152013.26057A-100000@bsd3.nyct.net> <Pine.LNX.3.96.980223144956.16854K-100000@mirfak.tuc.noao.edu>

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On Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 02:51:33PM -0700, Steve Grandi wrote:
> An excellent suggestion: I have just ordered a replacement internal SCSI
> cable as well!

I agree - SCSI cables can be finicky(sp?), and I have had the
personal experience in the past of a crappy power supply causing all
sorts of crap. Or more specifically, an overloaded power-suply..
Since you've replaced just about everything else in your system,
that's all I can think of :)

Another interesting thing about the Adaptec 2940UW - I have a PPro200
that I was using with some strange motherboard that a systems contract
produced -- it would not work reliably at all with "ultra" turned on.
Worked fine with ultra turned off. I swapped motherboards for a nice
Asus P65UP5 and it has worked perfectly with the exact same hardware
and Ultra turned ON... So there are lots of factors at work when
trying to squeeze the most out of PC hardware. :-(

Just my $.02,
-Mark

> 
> Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona USA
> Internet: grandi@noao.edu  Voice: +1 520 318-8228
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Paul Sandys wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I suggest you try different power supply. I also spent 3 months
> > replacing parts in one FreeBSD server with random crashes, and it ended up
> > being the SCSI cable, which worked for 2 years straight before .....
> 
> 
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