On 27/10/10 4:21 PM, Krunal Desai wrote: > I believe he meant a memory stress test, i.e. booting with a > memtest86+ CD and seeing if it passed.
Correct. The POST tests are not adequate. --Toby 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
