Date: Wed, 03 Sep 97 14:44:19 -0700 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "John P. Reddy" <jreddy@lightning.net> Subject: Re: Fatal double fault Message-ID: <199709032144.OAA27674@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, 03 Sep 1997 10:56:06 -0400, John P. Reddy wrote: >I have a system that keeps giving "Fatal double faults" after having an >uptime of a few hours. The system freezes , and I get the message: > >Fatal double fault: [snip] >System stats are: >Cyrix 6x86L PR200+ One of our servers had a similar problem, turned out to be a mis-set jumper on the motherboard. >My only guess is that having a Cyrix chip in the same box as the 3 Cheetahs >is overheating the chip, but I can't tell for certain. The case is a full >tower with extra fans blowing through it. Help me, please! :) You might want to open up the case right after a failure and see if the chip is too hot to touch. Or leave the case open and put a big fan on it (careful of dust, etc.) and see if heat is your real problem. Also, this sounds like a good system for a case-temperature alarm. :) Good luck, Doug *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 4,168 clients and still growing. :-) *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) *** Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend my life. - Henry V
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