Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:09:27 -0400 From: "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com> To: "Tobias Roth" <roth@iamexwi.unibe.ch>, "tanbin" <tanbin@empworld.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: mysterious power reset Message-ID: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKCENFCJAA.matt@researcher.com> In-Reply-To: <20001207131427.A5191@pissarro.unibe.ch>
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Also, I don't know if this would affect either of you, but this problem has popped up a few times with some RealTek NICs. I had this problem, swapped the NIC and my box has now been up over 40 days without a hitch. - Matt > > I experienced the very same thing two weeks ago with (then) > FreeBSD 4.1 BETA. > It could not have been a powerfailure, the monitor hanging on the > same outlet > still had power. > > I suspect it is a hardware problem, maybe a bad power supply. > Healthd showed, > that my power supply indeed delivers very unstable values. > > If this does not happen again, I am happy. If it does, the first > thing I'll > do is buy a better power supply. > > Of course that doesn't help you much, but I wanted you to know > that you are > not the only one with this problem. > > > cheers, Tobe > > > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:00:09PM +0800, tanbin wrote: > > Since 3 days ago, our freeBSD box has automatically power-down-then-up 3 > > times. (This has happend only 3 times, all in the past 3 days.) > > > > The symptom is neither of a 'reboot' command, nor a power > button activation, > > but a reset button activation (or someone pressing the power > button twice, > > or switching off and on the power point on the wall, which are publicly > > accessible). The last 2 times during the boot i saw "... file system not > > cleanly unmounted. rebooting automatically". > > > > During all these reboots, i did not notice any power failure to > my PC or the > > office lighting. The freebsd box is in the same room, 20 meters > away from > > me. > > > > Is there any software/hardware fault that can trigger a > power-reset? How do > > I confirm the cause? If it's a disgruntled employee, then how > do i track her > > down? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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