Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:31 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: David Kurtz <davidkurtz@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Diagnosing periodic reboot? Message-ID: <ef10de9a050630114416270fbf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2A9CFBF0-3957-4B53-9035-1A3AD437BB9B@mac.com> References: <20050630120042.9DAAE16A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <2A9CFBF0-3957-4B53-9035-1A3AD437BB9B@mac.com>
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On 6/30/05, David Kurtz <davidkurtz@mac.com> wrote: > My hobby FreeBSD box has started to reboot at semi-regular intervals, > and I can't figure out why. >=20 > There seems to be no warning, no message at the console and no > indication of (or, probably, I don't recognize) the problem at reboot. >=20 > This happened a few months ago, and for some reason I deduced that > the computer was getting too hot. I installed a better fan, and that > seemed to do it. >=20 > Now it's happening again, and I'm not sure I can blame heat. >=20 > What log files should I be looking at? >=20 > (BTW, hardware is a Shuttle SB51G enclosure with a 2GHz Intel > Celeron, circa Jan. 2003) >=20 Random reboots... Substandard power supply, power supply that has too much load on it, and/or power good signal is flaky. Substandard memory, bad chip, etc. Rotate the memory like you would car tires and see what happens.
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