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Date:      Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:38:35 -0600
From:      Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        Alexandre Biancalana <biancalana@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and reboots under load...
Message-ID:  <20041213233835.3545d96d@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
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Hmm... dude, you need to do the testing on your own...

read through my last email and you will find the path that will most
likely find the problem


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:14:58 -0200
Alexandre Biancalana <biancalana@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tested with FreeBSD 4.10 and 5.3. The same problem ocurs, when the
> the machine not reboot, varios coredumps in as/gcc hapens during
> make buildworld.
> 
> Hardware:
> 
> Asus A7V600-X
> AMD Sempron 2400+
> 512MB DDR 400
> 
> any ideas ??
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:28:17 -0600, Vulpes Velox
> <v.velox@vvelox.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:36:34 -0800 (PST)
> > 
> > 
> > Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello list.
> > >
> > > I am in the process of doing a major upgrade to my
> > > home server.  I purchased an Asus A7V600-X
> > > motherboard, an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor, and
> > > installed 1GB of DDR 400 memory.  If it matters, I've
> > > got two 120 GB Maxtor HDDs in a RAID 1 array.  The
> > > problem I'm having is that the system reboots half-way
> > > through a make buildworld.  I'm guessing this has to
> > > do with heat, but I'm not sure.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any insight?  I've tried telling the
> > > BIOS to ignore the proc/mobo temp.  Not sure yet if
> > > that's working.
> > 
> > For checking temp just ssh in and use mbmon while it is going...
> > 
> > I would suspect ram problems. Heat problems from my experience
> > generally cause some errors before failing and freezing. Never
> > seen a heat problem result in a reboot yet.
> > 
> > The way to check for this is to swap the ram out, after checking
> > heat using ssh, mbmon, and a `cd /usr/src/& make buildworld/& cd
> > /usr/ports/math/atlas& make&`. This command series you will also
> > use each time as it provides a very good method for taking a
> > system down since I've seen problems where just one of those would
> > not take it down before.
> > 
> > If you still get it, continue swap out the power supply next.
> > Possiblility of not liking extra stress from active hard drive.
> > Had this a bit on one old P2 gateway at one time.
> > 
> > If it is still there do the same with proc. By now we should be
> > able to safely rule out heat, provided that the sensor is
> > functioning properly.
> > 
> > If it still goes down, it is the mother board getting flaky under
> > heavy load. This can happen. I had a Abit NF7-S2 that happened
> > with lately. Swapped it out and it went away.
> > 
> > 
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