Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:03:51 +0100 From: Pascal Hofstee <daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Pascal Hofstee <daeron@wit401305.student.utwente.nl>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dc0 wierdness with Compex Freedomline Message-ID: <20000225110351.A3811@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <200002250925.BAA69805@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>; from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 01:25:59AM -0800 References: <20000224231842.B74208@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> <200002250925.BAA69805@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 01:25:59AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > There was a patch of DC21143 chips it seems that has a very strange > thermal problem. Can you tell me what your hub link lite is doing > when you see this major slow down? Nope ... as this machine is connected directly to the UTP-socket in the wall .. which is connected to an HP-switch which is hidden in a locked 19" rackmount (without a looking glass). > If you abort all traffic does the link light keep blinking wildly? > > If you power the machine down for an hour or so and let everything cool > down nice and cool does it seem to work for a longer period of time before > the speed drops? As far as i can remember leaving the system powered down for a longer period of time indeed seems to make the connection work properly again for a (little) while ... at least a short power-down to give everything a chance to reinitialize hardly ever seems to be working. > If you see any of these symptoms call Kingston tech support, describe > the problem to them, ask them for an RMA number :-) > > What is the date code on your DC21143 chip (I think I am recalling that > you said you had a KNE100TX, and I am assuming you do, and that it is > of new enough vintage to be the 21143 chip, and that it might be in this > same range of chips we had problems with (33% of 4 lots of 20 cards would > go to la la land within 1 to 2 hours of being placed into burn in). Well .. it's not my own system which is having these problems but of a friend of mine ... I'll check this information with him today and have a talk with the place that sold us this card. Thank you very much for providing this insight ... -- Pascal Hofstee < daeron @ shadowmere . student . utwente . nl > Managers know it must be good because the programmers hate it so much. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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