From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Feb 3 13:18:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24059 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:18:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcanet.com.au (border.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24054 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:18:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@AUSS2.ALCATEL.COM.AU) Received: by border.alcanet.com.au id <40388>; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:08:23 +1100 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:18:15 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: RE: Kernel panic with recent RELENG_3 To: jdowdal@destiny.erols.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <99Feb4.080823est.40388@border.alcanet.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Dowdal wrote: >1) Tear down and rebuild the computer. Blast every socket/slot/disk > connector/card/dimm/cpu with canned air. ... >Please remember that no change was made to the hardware, other than power >cycling Unplugging and reconnecting every connector is effectively a hardware change. Connections that may have been previously dodgy have been wiped clean (and previously good connections may now have dust caught in them). Getting rid of all the dust _is_ a positive step - both thermally and electrically (at best, dust increases stray capacitances, at worst, damp dust is conductive). Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message