Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:44:56 -0500 From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com> To: "'tanbin'" <tanbin@empworld.com>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: mysterious power reset Message-ID: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE7607175E5E@msg04.scana.com>
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I had a bad motherboard that caused random reboots. Once I replaced it, I never had another reboot. I think it was from PC CHIPS. It had an 'illegal' BIOS chip. ...Michael.. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of tanbin > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 12:00 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: mysterious power reset > > > Since 3 days ago, our freeBSD box has automatically > power-down-then-up 3 > times. (This has happend only 3 times, all in the past 3 days.) > > The symptom is neither of a 'reboot' command, nor a power > button activation, > but a reset button activation (or someone pressing the power > button twice, > or switching off and on the power point on the wall, which > are publicly > accessible). The last 2 times during the boot i saw "... file > system not > cleanly unmounted. rebooting automatically". > > During all these reboots, i did not notice any power failure > to my PC or the > office lighting. The freebsd box is in the same room, 20 > meters away from > me. > > Is there any software/hardware fault that can trigger a > power-reset? How do > I confirm the cause? If it's a disgruntled employee, then how > do i track her > down? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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