Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:09:25 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Subject: Re: can't reboot Message-ID: <200209170109.LAA22096@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> of "Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:02:50 MST." <3D7E6C0A.28105.58C2917@localhost>
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Hi Corey, I've had a look through the BIOS again, and while it is a different BIOS version (they both have PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0, but the older boxes have BIOS Version IP.01.03US and the one that had the motherboard replaced has BIOS Version IP.01.08US), all the settings seem pretty much the same, and have been set to the same values. One thing I did see in there that was curious is that the different BIOS versions are loading different CPU microcode. But as far as anything that would appear to affect the ability to signal a reboot, I came up empty. I've got our desktop guy looking into downgrading the BIOS just to eliminate it as a cause, but he says it will be hard to find a copy of the old BIOS, and downgrading BIOS is never recommended. I guess I do have another option though--I could swap the disks between the problem system (which is a backup/standby system) and the build system that currently lives in the same building as me, and therefore I can get to easily to cycle the power. But I'd really just like to understand AND FIX the problem. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Principal Networks, Security & IT Systems Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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