Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 14:58:09 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sef@Kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI subsystm errors -- help? Message-ID: <199705050528.OAA27414@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199705042247.PAA00454@kithrup.com> from Sean Eric Fagan at "May 4, 97 03:47:07 pm"
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Sean Eric Fagan stands accused of saying: > In the past week, my computer (which has been amazingly stable) has not been > able to stay up for more than a day and a half :(. *sniff* This is garth, or kithrup? > It hangs, while printing console messages from the scsi subsystem -- saying > "sdx(0:y:0): timed out" (sd0 and sd1), and "MBO not free" (or something > similar), and "controller card frozen?!" and other annoying messages. That might be mbox? (mailbox?) You get this if the card doesn't respond to commands, or doesn't generate interrupts like it should. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could be broken? My best > guesses are the 1542B (which is about 6 or 7 years old) is dying, and/or the > power supply is flaking out. But I don't know. I have a Buslogic BT542 (similar card) which display similar symptoms. It came out of a system in which it was not doing anything; prior to that it worked. My guess is static damage. In your case, "what did you change"? > I'd prefer not to have to replace the computer, but unless I can figure out > which component is dying, it looks like that's what I'm going to have to do > :(. If you haven't changed anything, you should be able to find someone in your area with a 1542 that you can swap in as a test. > Sean. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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