2010/9/23 Thomas Nyström <t...@saeab.se>: > Citerar Alan <lameventa...@gmail.com>: > >> 2010/9/23 JOORIS Emmanuel <ejoo...@imaginnov.com>: >>> >>> Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 à 23:37 +0200, Soren Kristensen a écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi Everybody, >>>> >>>> JOORIS Emmanuel wrote: >>>> > Hello, >>>> > I buy a net5501 last year i think, and since April my board crash a >>>> > lot(no answer on serial link no network...). the watchdog >>>> > automatically >>>> > restart the board, but this is annoying. the PSU can be the source of >>>> > crash ? >>>> > In the board i have a wifi n pci card and an 8Gb CF and the PSU is an >>>> > GPF361DA-1230-1. >>>> > I don't think this is the temperature because i have place some >>>> > ramsink >>>> > on the geode, companion chip and S-IO and with the box open there is >>>> > now >>>> > a small fan on top of the geode. And this is still crashing (some day >>>> > not, some day 6 or 8 times, and few other day every hours.....). >>>> >>>> Our experience is that 9 out of 10 times issues with stability is either >>>> problems with the power supply or with the software, especially Linux as >>>> it seems to have taken long time for a stable VT6105M Linux driver to >>>> show up.... >>>> >>>> If it's one of the very few instances where it's a hardware issue just >>>> contact r...@soekris.com to request service, if under warranty it will be >>>> replaced or repaired at no charge. >>> >>>> But try another power supply first, >>> >>> I will do that when i have the right connector (Friday maybe). >>> >>>> and if running Linux, ensure you have the stable drivers. >>> >>> i'm using debian gnu/linux 5.0.5 and, now, the box don't crash for 4days >>> and half :) >> >> >> I have 6 net5501 boxes that crash frequently (every 1-5 days) whenever >> I use a mini-pci wifi card. >> I have tried with 4 different 12v high quality power supplies of 2A, >> 5A, 6.6A and 8.5A. >> I have also tried 2 different types of wifi cards: Atheros AR5008 and >> Broadcom BCM4318. >> >> They crash while being idle. I don't think its the VIA ethernet >> driver problem because I have also hit this one and it only happens >> under heavy network usage, my crashes happen even without any kind of >> activity. >> >> If I remove the wifi cards they all work perfectly fine. >> The CPU temperature reported by lm_sensors is around 60 celsius. >> >> The wifi chipset is really hot to the touch, so my theory is that >> maybe the wifi card is not responding anymore and this hangs the whole >> system. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Alan > > This sounds to be an issue with the powersuply on the 5501. The external > supply gives you 12V but that it switched down to 3.3V etc on the 5501. > Maybe that onboard switch is overloaded because of your wifi board.
Soren, what do you think about this? What do you think causes this problem? How can I solve it? Alan _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
