Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:21:02 +1100 From: jesse reynolds <jesse@va.com.au> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <nigel@4trak.net> Subject: Re: hardware fault or software problem? (machine freezes) Message-ID: <a05010403b6c0cd7046c6@[10.0.1.52]> In-Reply-To: <004301c0a133$d945acc0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> References: <a05010400b6bf865d3b09@[10.0.1.52]> <004301c0a133$d945acc0$6100000a@vladsempire.net>
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At 9:08 PM -0600 27/2/01, Josh Paetzel wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jesse reynolds" <jesse@va.com.au>
>To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Cc: <nigel@4trak.net>
>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
> >
><snip>
>
>I would try swapping the controller and cable before replacing the
>motherboard.
>
>Josh
The problem here is that the Promise ATA controller is soldered onto
the motherboard. :-|
Cheers
Jesse
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