From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 17 20:14:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A541065693 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com) Received: from web30807.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30807.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 440A38FC18 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 45107 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Nov 2009 20:14:10 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1258488850; bh=qRAEv/28VZTkTm6+c40SUNsw4RPQrj64lp+i9qept+g=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KEkuTG3d+yd9SZXnqFjfoMOESJbwgUwmExPVpmGyU2oybHy4aP/7/sEfKosRuiRdy7H48UKI1nPHFSwEYnypdi5+yNxrYJ3PKRYmejjXkwsgG1PpKAJIPu5Z1rnlVT+E2dZD7bLX4VHPNQlzGWLwyLPZCUFF6H1AWv34la0HrhE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=2NZfJ4FnNQUOK4OwEIGslmpM3Zcueflh7V7tpq1Gl3ayXD22dboqYMnC/nLJnqAPk2zRp2ns8lJ0wN++mNay/grRUrpARw+8pl1E2LH4ZvsyeTptGhByrWbQT2Z5QiQxalREycZ91wdy4jZ+Pbg6jZ75Q2KOAvz2vv1zoTdNr4A=; Message-ID: <549041.44342.qm@web30807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: k0fXz0sVM1l17UkoUZIZTYTe56hZn.TEmG_S51HPyQXmd7xE0OeWc28qk5HiJ2ouqqUWP4FsKzGPWy1Vl_dFvbfY9hI_sSoalukhO6_Hjdv1JcA8jNzPmqGytb67rPe139hnfN4m1ET85qFdA.olL4rfOcRsCPX768YvKXC9thTwxXi8G3SJGWnVPFNGsgrk_khI80qYYTm8MlYBhybEkMoPlTs23.EY1zLQ.zeERmaK5VfzoRUrn8Ryb62f02TCMTBYxJSnVvvHnJNNzl2bytfjGxDpv76yQhp.d5UTldy6JBsJUk0K.itzNR9sqccmjbfda26r92N4lqR3G3YJ.qhA3HDlezVgN7f66YOrk1VIr7vWrJXZ.h16Mnbu196lVXU7vnnNN9nueuYC2LCt47hyH0J_bOVTdjVrLifjsywgihT8FynVWB9b7f5_W0Et681Uhk1gvDD6mEfAVjXBS3ALAkhNV99glJIiPO9HfqNWFeJhK3deQCx_zYEGECxx Received: from [78.131.57.57] by web30807.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:14:10 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/211.6 YahooMailWebService/0.7.361.4 References: <151588.70409.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20091117194218.GA32781@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:14:10 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20091117194218.GA32781@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hdd voltage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:14:11 -0000 Roland,=0A=0AI installed mbmon, it looks like its a great application, but = I have a question, I google it and I found no answers yet.=0AWith mbmon -r = what values do you get? I figured out some but the rest I have no idea for = what stands for.=0A=0A# mbmon -r =0ATEMP0 : 42.0=0ATEMP1 : 67.0=0ATEMP= 2 : 67.0=0AFAN0 : 0=0AFAN1 : 2410=0AFAN2 : 0=0AVC0 : +1.36=0AVC= 1 : +1.42=0AV33 : +3.39=0AV50P : +5.11=0AV12P : +12.04=0AV12N : = +1.46=0AV50N : +2.29=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFro= m: Roland Smith =0ATo: D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 =0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Tue, November= 17, 2009 8:42:18 PM=0ASubject: Re: hdd voltage=0A=0AOn Tue, Nov 17, 2009 a= t 09:43:04AM -0800, D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 wrote:=0A> Hello,=0A> =0A> My co= mputer get starts to reboot all the time I do a higher hdd use (like:=0A> f= sck, copying more GB of data). I was sure that my power supply its not=0A> = enough so I changed 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 m= y hdd,=0A> cpu and ram on FreeBSD. Do you have any idea?=0A=0ATools like m= bmon can show you the different voltages that the power supply=0Aproduces. = But current isn't measured in the different circuits, AFAIK. If you=0Asee a= drop in voltage before a reboot that would be a clear sign of=0Atrouble. U= nfortunately the chips that do the monitoring sometimes only provide=0Anew = values once every second. That is probably not fast enough to detect a=0Asw= ift voltage drop.=0A=0AThere are devices (e.g. kill-a-watt) available that = you can plug between the=0Apower outlet and the PC that show you the total = power consumption. See=0Ae.g. http://forum.ncix.com/forums/index.php?mode= =3Dshowthread&forum=3D116&threadid=3D1659654&pagenumber=3D1&msgcount=3D18&s= ubpage=3D1=0A=0AThe abovementioned link shows a decent system using between= 118 and 205=0AWatt. So I'd be surprised if your 450 Watt powersupply wasn'= t sufficient.=0A(unless you have one of those graphics cards that is covere= d in fans and=0Aheatsinks and that you could still use to fry an egg on.)= =0A=0ABut I agree that it looks like a hardware problem. Unfortunately ther= e are=0Amultiple possible causes. Check to see if all the cabling and cards= are=0Asecurely connected. Monitor the temperatures that the on-board senso= rs=0Areport. Remove dust from heatsinks and fans. Check the electrolytic ca= pacitors=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 emai= l much appreciated]=0Apgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A7= 25 (KeyID: C321A725)=0A=0A=0A=0A