Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:06:40 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Edward Ruggeri <ruggeri@uchicago.edu> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, free-bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Random Restarts? Message-ID: <20070520190640.GA5445@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <op.tsm2jz2l7qi7tm@localhost> References: <op.tsmuvzql7qi7tm@localhost> <20070520164136.GA65659@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <46509204.2010803@u.washington.edu> <op.tsm2jz2l7qi7tm@localhost>
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--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:49:01PM -0500, Edward Ruggeri wrote: > Athlon X2 4200+ proc (2.2GHz, maybe?) > DFI nF4 infinity SLI motheboard > G.Skill RAM (2GB) > Antec True Power II (550W) >=20 > I'll use MemTest or somesuch to test my RAM latter today for errors. >=20 > The drives sit right infront of the air-intake fans for the system, so= =20 > there's a breeze that flows by them constantly. However, additional coo= ling=20 > certainly might be necessary. Perhaps, it is possible that rTorrent is= =20 > doing a lot of reads and writes to the drive, stressing it, which may be= why=20 > the problem seems to have come up around the time I started using rTorre= nt. If you suspect rTorrent, try switching it off for a couple of days. If you have the cpufreq(4) driver in your kernel, you can activate powerd(8) in rc.conf. That will reduce the CPU speed it the system is idling, keeping everything cooler. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGUJxAEnfvsMMhpyURAlkxAKCePON+jQPRPIWNeo76n6f9Xo00/gCggFKf +vKq+BVza8IMQDu81wLi0ik= =9Iw3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--
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