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Date:      Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:24:04 -0700
From:      garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What are the likely causes of reboots?
Message-ID:  <brhdbrtwx7.dbr@mail.opusnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <D2606E519BAE54254C1425C2@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> (Paul Schmehl's message of "Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:51:25 -0500")
References:  <D2606E519BAE54254C1425C2@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>

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Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes:

> What are the possible causes of spontaneous reboots?  And what artifacts would be left behind that might indicate the

I had an old EISA 486 do that several times a week when the external
RAM cache went flakey.  I don't recall the error logs, except a vague
recollection that they gave no clue.  The only way I determined the
cause was because I could (and did) turn off that cache in the BIOS
setup.



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