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Date:      Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:06:40 -0800
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc:        Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Server Freezing Solid
Message-ID:  <20081112100640.GA21560@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEPNCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
References:  <b2e0a4330811110642k688c2c9aq9fbb9832f5382c53@mail.gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEPNCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 02:06:12AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chris Maness
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:43 AM
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Server Freezing Solid
> > 
> > 
> > I am having a new problem.  I have been running FreeBSD for years with
> > no crashing.  All of a sudden my server starts crashing with no panic
> > messages.  I am suspecting hardware because there are no messages, but
> > the CPU temp is fine.
> > 
> 
> Take the machine down, take it outside, take the cover off.  Liberally
> blow all dust out with canned air.  Unseat and reseat ALL connectors,
> including power, including CPU out of it's socket, including ram.
> Turn it back on and make sure the power supply fan is operating at full
> speed.

This is excellent advice.  I do this exact procedure once a year,
usually before summer, to all desktop systems I have.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
| Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
| UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
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