From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 12:51:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD3E106567E for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:51:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B2C8FC1A for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:51:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.189]) by fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1R8seCK024253 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:40 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1R8scmh005914 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:38 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m1R8sbtR080920; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:37 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m1R8sbf3080906; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:37 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:37 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Regis Message-ID: <20080227085437.GL83599@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <47c497a9.0d39400a.7fbf.23f9@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47c497a9.0d39400a.7fbf.23f9@mx.google.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 - keeps rebooting X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:51:57 -0000 --9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:50:07PM -0500, Regis wrote: >Are there any indications that the Dell PowerEdge 840 is not supported by >FreeBSD? My new system keeps rebooting (5 times last night) without >any logs, console errors or kernel dump. I would be interested to know >whether somebody else uses this machine. It does sound like hardware. >I am not sure anymore whether this is a hardware or a software issue. >Any suggestions on a bootable CD diagnostic tool that I could >run outside FreeBSD would be very welcome. As an initial test, try http://www.memtest86.com/ - you can download a bootable ISO image. Dell may also have some diagnostics available. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHxSVN/opHv/APuIcRAmHSAJ9StMvRDMpijefgV7KvoGhNAwWa2QCfT0bs W4+3f6tiqPfpvxPSuya2vgY= =4VaS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS--