Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:57 -0600 From: "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Probable Hardware Failure Message-ID: <20120115021657.0311a036@vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: <C5188F60-2B7B-4AA7-8270-A2153925AD2B@lafn.org> References: <C5188F60-2B7B-4AA7-8270-A2153925AD2B@lafn.org>
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:12:24 -0800 Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > I have a pretty old desktop that has been around quite awhile. It > has started periodic crashes. No log messages. However, the core > status files all show "double fault". I am confident this is a > hardware issue, but is there any easy way to determine if its power > or memory related? Those are the primary candidates although memory > is also possible. We really need to replace the entire unit, but > that might be a bit more salable if I can present convincing evidence > of the cause of the problem. In regards to the RAM, I would strongly suggest memtest86/memtest86+. When you begin seeing odd issues like that, it can be a handy tool to use for a quick RAM check.
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