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Date:      Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:37 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Regis <regis505@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 - keeps rebooting
Message-ID:  <20080227085437.GL83599@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <47c497a9.0d39400a.7fbf.23f9@mx.google.com>
References:  <47c497a9.0d39400a.7fbf.23f9@mx.google.com>

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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.

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