From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 00:11:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA2DD106566C for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE23D8FC12 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92ADA1CCA0; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:11:55 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4B96E3CA.7050906@hdk5.net> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:54 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20100309191916.GA55827@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100309191916.GA55827@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: "tao" suddenly died 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: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:57 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > Well, first time this happened since I got my Dell 8200. > It suddenly died. I just finished sending an email a few > minutes earlier. I'm writing from my only other live > non-server. The KVM switch was mis-installed so I can't > KVM over to my DNS server. > > Does this happen often with Dells? What should I be > looking for to replace the 8200. > > thanks for any suggestions. > Aloha Gary, Dell sudden death. In my experience means a hardware failure. EG: Two weeks ago I consulted for a friend in IT on a dead Dell server with the removable hard drives. It turned out to be a faulty back plate where the HD's fitted in so all 4 were not working. Dell had to send a replacement backplate to replace the bad one. If you can find anyone on a list with one of your type maybe they can help you. Dell doesnt always use the same hardware in the same model computer btw. Check all the cables and power supply connections and re-seat everything in the box. Something may have walked out of the board. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol