On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Chris Maness <ch...@chrismaness.com> wrote: > I have commented out the lines that load kernel modules for > virtualbox, and made sure they were gone with kldstat. However I am > still getting VERY infrequent spontaneous reboots. So it is not the > modules. I am thinking hardware. It has a temperature alarm that > sounds when it is hot, but since I have cleaned it out I have not had > any issues with heat. I am thinking bad processor/ram. It is > behaving the same way before/after the upgraded to the latest release. > What do you guys think?
Unless you're using ECC RAM, bad RAM should still be #1 on your watchlist, closely followed by bad PSU. Even RAM that worked fine in the past can start exhibiting bit errors a few years later (maybe due to mechanical stress, i.e. vibrations or frequent temperature differences?) and esp. el cheapo PSUs have the tendency to degrade over time. Of course, a software bug may always be possible. Have you tried to get a core dump? If so, does the error always happen at the same place (backtrace / bt is your friend)? If the error keeps occurring at different locations, it's almost always dodgy hardware. > Regards, > Chris Maness -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
