I believe he meant a memory stress test, i.e. booting with a memtest86+ CD and seeing if it passed. Even if the memory is OK, the stress from that test may expose defects in the power supply or other components.
Your CPU temperature is 56C, which is not out-of-line for most modern CPUs (you didn't state what type of CPU it is). Heck, 56C would be positively cool for a NetBurst-based Xeon. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> writes: > >> On 27/10/10 3:14 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> It seems my hardware is getting bad, and I can't keep the os running >>> for more than a few minutes until the machine shuts down. >>> >>> It will run 15 or 20 minutes and then shutdown >>> I haven't found the exact reason for it. >>> >> >> One thing to try is a thorough memory test (few hours). >> > > It does some kind of memory test on bootup. I recall seeing something > about high memory. And shows all of the 3GB installed > > I just now saw last time it came down, that the cpu was at 134 > degrees. > > And that would of been after it cooled a couple minutes. > > I don't think that is astronomical but it may have been a good bit > higher under load. But still wouldn't something show in > /var/adm/messages if that were the problem? > > Are there not a list of standard things to grep for in logs that would > indicate various troubles? Surely system admins would have somekind > of reporting tool to get ahead of serious troubles. > > I've had one or another problem with this machine for a couple of > months now so thinking of scrapping it out, and putting a new setup in > that roomy midtower. > > Where can I find a guide to help me understand how to build up a > machine and then plug my existing discs and data into the new OS? > > I don't mean the hardware part but that part particularly opensolaris > and zfs related. > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- --khd _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
