Need more info: -motherboard ? -ram EDO, sdram... (pc66, pc100, pc133)?? -cpu ? -Hard drive? -BIOS vers. ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Horth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:17 AM Subject: can't restart server - repost > Hi - I'm having problems with my test server at home (basically a machine that was found in the street, cleaned up and is now our home firewall / router / server / my test environment) > > anyway - since I found the machine I don't really know it's history - but am having a problem that I've not really seen on any computer before where if I try to reboot the machine it goes through all the shutdown process, gets to the "rebooting system" message where it would normally do a soft reset, then it just hangs there... > > I then have to press the reset button on the box to get the reboot to continue. makes it a bit crap if I end up having to reboot the server remotely... > > just wondering if this is likely to be a hardware problem, and if there is some stuff anyone can think of that I should start checking to resolve this. > > it is quite possible (probable) that the jumpers on the motherboard are set wrong - the machine was locking up for a few days and when checking the jumpers found the person who built the machine had set the CPU voltage jumper to 2.8 v - as opposed to 2.9 as listed on the CPU. since upping the voltage the server hasn't locked up again - although I'm now having strange VGA interference whenever the CPU load is up... > > anyway - would be great to get these little niggling problems sorted... any pointers or reference to information sites would be most appreciated! > > thanks in advance... > > - dan. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
