From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 19: 9:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB1A37B401 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from mark9 (hutch-118.hutchtel.net [206.10.67.18]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id VAA05860; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:09:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <004301c0a133$d945acc0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: , "jesse reynolds" Cc: References: Subject: Re: hardware fault or software problem? (machine freezes) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:08:51 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "jesse reynolds" To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:14 PM Subject: hardware fault or software problem? (machine freezes) > Hi folx > > Any advice is greatly appreciated here... I have a server that's > about 4 months old. It's started crashing a fair bit, and when it > crashed it completely freezes instantly, not giving the OS a change > to log anything, so it doesn't reboot. The soft-power button on the > front does not turn succeed in turning off the machine, but the reset > button does work, as does ripping the power out of the back! > > This to me sounds like a motherboard issue, but I guess it's possible > it's a software problem. > > What I do get in my messages file is alot of random read errors from > the primary hard drive, which is running on UDMA/66 (promise > controller onboard a gigabyte motherboard). Is it possible the > hardware or software gives up after a certain number of read errors? > (each time the read is retried and is fine the second time, and it's > completely random which block on the hard disk is going to error out). > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE, here is a dmesg. > > My question is should I a) changeover the motherboard, b) upgrade > FreeBSD, c) both a and b, or d) get completely new hardware > > Thanks! > > -jesse > I would try swapping the controller and cable before replacing the motherboard. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message