From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 14:57:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3779E16A41F for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:57:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5F1343D45 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:57:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 21532 invoked by uid 502); 7 Nov 2005 14:57:36 -0000 Received: from dsl28217.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.115.217) by 0 with SMTP; 7 Nov 2005 14:57:36 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.115.217 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl28217.ywave.com Message-ID: <436F6B5F.9000304@ywave.com> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:57:35 -0800 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051106) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <436E739E.8020605@ywave.com> <436E7599.9090003@cs.earlham.edu> <436E7D4E.6080707@ywave.com> <436E9DF0.1080408@ywave.com> <436F1779.7090807@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <436F1779.7090807@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diagnosing reboot under load X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:57:38 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Micah wrote: > > >>Garrett Cooper wrote: >> >> >>>On Nov 6, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Micah wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Skylar Thompson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Micah wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>My desktop system just started doing this last night. I was >>>>>>upgrading Gnome using the handy shell script they provide. It >>>>>>looks like sometime around 11:30pm the computer reset. This >>>>>>morning I'm trying to reinstall all the software that got lost in >>>>>>last night's reset and I get another reset in the middle of >>>>>>compiling. The last message in /var/log/messages before reboot is: >>>>>>Nov 6 10:41:08 trisha ntpd[489]: kernel time sync enabled 6001 >>>>>>Nov 6 10:58:14 trisha ntpd[489]: kernel time sync enabled 2001 >>>>>>Nov 6 13:02:57 trisha syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/ >>>>>>kernel >>>>>> >>>>>>I just ran memtest86+ and there's no memory errors. I'm guessing >>>>>>it's a hardware issue, but how do I diagnose it? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Could it be a bad power supply? Try swapping in another one and >>>>>see what happens. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I was thinking that too, unfortunately I don't have a spare and was >>>>hoping to diagnose before buying parts. Voltages look fine when I >>>>check the accessory lines (+5 and +12) with a multimeter under load. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Micah >>> >>> >>> >>> It might not just be a bad power supply, but instead a lack of >>>power due to the power supply rating. So my question is, what is the >>>rating of the power supply and how many devices (hard drives, ATX >>>powered video cards) do you have connected? >>>-Garrett >> >> >>It had been working fine since I bought it at the beginning of >>September. It's a 350 watt PSU running an Asus A8V-E deluxe mobo with >>an Athlon 64 3000+. I have one ata 100 hd, one DVD-RW, and one >>floppy. For expansion cards I have a PCI-EX vid card (MSI X300se), >>and an Intel NIC. Plus the keyboard and two mice and that pretty much >>accounts for all power drainers. >> >>Right now under load the multimeter reads 11.89 on +12, 5.12-5.08 on >>+5 (did a min/max reading over several minutes on that one) and 3.36 >>on +3. >> >>Thanks, >>Micah > > > Doesn't really sound like a lot, but depending on the amount of > memory, I wonder since the power rating is _somewhat low_ and depending > on which area of the world you live in, the amount of current output may > be higher or lower, based on voltage values output by your power > supply... Also, is your version of FreeBSD also running in 64 bit mode > or 32 bit mode? > -Garrett I'm running the i386 version of FreeBSD with 1gb ram. Didn't think to check this before, but I'm getting ~112-113 volts into the PSU from the surge strip. I'm probably going to get a new PSU today. The parts store has a couple of 400 watters in the $50 range (a fortron and a thermaltake). I did a lucifer burn-in test last night and got 8 errors over a two hour period. I ran the mprime torture test this morning (after the computer had been powered off overnight) and it passed. I didn't have the high-low meter attached to see how the voltages looked. Thanks, Micah