From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 12 05:29:13 2004 Return-Path: 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 B45D116A4CE for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:29:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from S3.cableone.net (smtp3.cableone.net [24.116.0.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5964B43D53 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:29:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.123.89]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 3709321 for multiple; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:39:21 -0700 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:28:17 -0600 From: Vulpes Velox To: mnslinky@yahoo.com Message-ID: <20041211232817.009aef2a@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20041211033635.76518.qmail@web50709.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041211033635.76518.qmail@web50709.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and reboots under load... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:29:13 -0000 On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:36:34 -0800 (PST) Minnesota Slinky wrote: > Hello list. > > I am in the process of doing a major upgrade to my > home server. I purchased an Asus A7V600-X > motherboard, an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor, and > installed 1GB of DDR 400 memory. If it matters, I've > got two 120 GB Maxtor HDDs in a RAID 1 array. The > problem I'm having is that the system reboots half-way > through a make buildworld. I'm guessing this has to > do with heat, but I'm not sure. > > Does anyone have any insight? I've tried telling the > BIOS to ignore the proc/mobo temp. Not sure yet if > that's working. For checking temp just ssh in and use mbmon while it is going... I would suspect ram problems. Heat problems from my experience generally cause some errors before failing and freezing. Never seen a heat problem result in a reboot yet. The way to check for this is to swap the ram out, after checking heat using ssh, mbmon, and a `cd /usr/src/& make buildworld/& cd /usr/ports/math/atlas& make&`. This command series you will also use each time as it provides a very good method for taking a system down since I've seen problems where just one of those would not take it down before. If you still get it, continue swap out the power supply next. Possiblility of not liking extra stress from active hard drive. Had this a bit on one old P2 gateway at one time. If it is still there do the same with proc. By now we should be able to safely rule out heat, provided that the sensor is functioning properly. If it still goes down, it is the mother board getting flaky under heavy load. This can happen. I had a Abit NF7-S2 that happened with lately. Swapped it out and it went away.