RE: Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-04-03 Thread Mark Weisman
ster Mystic_One Internet Gaming Server Anchorage, Alaska http://games.mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Luke Kearney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:19 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Hardware problems or Software problems Hello, I have a server which rece

Re: Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-03-25 Thread Martin Hudec
Hello Luke, I would try to find some kind of burn test utility which will test your hardware. As for memory, there is Memtest86 memory test, and for harddrives there are many vendor utilities, which can make a really deep tests. cheers, Martin On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 12:18:41AM

Re: Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-03-25 Thread Denis R.
Luke, Your temps are fine. Go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download a drive check utility. Once you run it, it will either say okay or spit out an error code that you can use to RMA your hard drive. If a hard drive locks up, you should still see errors on stdout, however nothing

Re: Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-03-25 Thread Luke Kearney
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:28:33 -0800 (PST) "Denis R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > Luke, > > I know that would be coincidental, but you know what your running CPU temp > is (check your BIOS)? OS freeze-ups sometimes occur due to inadequate > cooling of the CPU. Also maybe your computer is clo

re: Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-03-24 Thread Denis R.
Luke, I know that would be coincidental, but you know what your running CPU temp is (check your BIOS)? OS freeze-ups sometimes occur due to inadequate cooling of the CPU. Also maybe your computer is close to a heat source? Are you using the same computer case? What is your power supply rated at?

Hardware problems or Software problems

2004-03-24 Thread Luke Kearney
Hello, I have a server which recently died on me. I believed that the problem was likely the memory as the machine would reboot of its own accord initially when accessing via samba or NFS. Then I noticed that it would reboot when under no load. Given that the motherboard and CPU etc was pushing th