Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:56:53 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hdd voltage Message-ID: <506772.65929.qm@web30805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20091117194218.GA32781@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <151588.70409.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20091117194218.GA32781@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Right now I'm done with almost 20GB download from the BSD machine to my lap= top by ftp, and 5GB to the BSD from http, in the mean while I've done almos= t 40GB of torrentflux's checking existing data and I do a make install to a= port, all in the same time and everything is working great. I hope it will= continue to work just like this.=0A=0AThe hdd temperatures are:=0A# smartc= tl -A /dev/ad0 | grep Temp && smartctl -A /dev/ad4 | grep Temp=0A194 Temper= ature_Celsius 0x0022 095 081 000 Old_age Always - = 48=0A194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 107 102 000 Old_age Al= ways - 43=0A=0ARoland, I have no connected any display to that = machine.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Roland Smit= h <rsmith@xs4all.nl>=0ATo: D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.c= om>=0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Tue, November 17, 2009 8:42= :18 PM=0ASubject: Re: hdd voltage=0A=0AOn Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:43:04AM -= 0800, D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 wrote:=0A> Hello,=0A> =0A> My computer get sta= rts to reboot all the time I do a higher hdd use (like:=0A> fsck, copying m= ore GB of data). I was sure that my power supply its not=0A> enough so I ch= anged it (300W->450W), now it does the same. I'm looking for a=0A> tool to = measure the exactly power consumiton (voltage and amper) of my hdd,=0A> cpu= and ram on FreeBSD. Do you have any idea?=0A=0ATools like mbmon can show = you the different voltages that the power supply=0Aproduces. But current is= n't measured in the different circuits, AFAIK. If you=0Asee a drop in volta= ge before a reboot that would be a clear sign of=0Atrouble. Unfortunately t= he chips that do the monitoring sometimes only provide=0Anew values once ev= ery second. That is probably not fast enough to detect a=0Aswift voltage dr= op.=0A=0AThere are devices (e.g. kill-a-watt) available that you can plug b= etween the=0Apower outlet and the PC that show you the total power consumpt= ion. See=0Ae.g. http://forum.ncix.com/forums/index.php?mode=3Dshowthread&fo= rum=3D116&threadid=3D1659654&pagenumber=3D1&msgcount=3D18&subpage=3D1=0A=0A= The abovementioned link shows a decent system using between 118 and 205=0AW= att. So I'd be surprised if your 450 Watt powersupply wasn't sufficient.=0A= (unless you have one of those graphics cards that is covered in fans and=0A= heatsinks and that you could still use to fry an egg on.)=0A=0ABut I agree = that it looks like a hardware problem. Unfortunately there are=0Amultiple p= ossible causes. Check to see if all the cabling and cards are=0Asecurely co= nnected. Monitor the temperatures that the on-board sensors=0Areport. Remov= e dust from heatsinks and fans. Check the electrolytic capacitors=0Aon the = motherboard. If the metal "lid" is bulging, it's busted.=0A=0ARoland=0A-- = =0AR.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/= =0A[plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated= ]=0Apgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A72= 5)=0A=0A=0A=0A
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