Re: new machine froze, how to debug
Legend QDI Advance 5/133E AGP Pentium III motherboard
(VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset)
Intel Pentium III/500 cpu
128MB 133mhz ram
hard drive: WDC WD102BA, 9779MB w/2048kB Cache
ATI Xpert 98 AGP video card, 8MB
3Com 3c905b NIC
SoundBlaster AWE64 isapnp sound card
Creative Labs ATAPI 52X cdrom
USR 33.6 isa modem
-chris
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> need to be more specific:
>
> e.g. (my system)
> Intel P3-800EB 256k (not overclocked) FC-PGA
> Asus CUV4X - VIA Apollo Pro 133A Chipset - bios ?????
> 512MB SDRAM(non ECC, 2x256MB)
> 2 x Quantum 4.5GB Ultra 2 scsi hdds - 7200RPM
> 1 x IBM 9.1GB Ultra 2 scsi hdd - 10000RPM
> 3Dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16MB
> Intel eepro100+ NIC(connected to a 5 port Netgear FS105 Switch)
> SoundBlaster PCI 128
> Adaptec AHA 2940UW Ultra Wide scsi controller - bios 2.20
> Matsushita 4x8x CD-R
> Power PC & Cooling Turbo cool 300ATX power supply
> Enlight Mid tower case
> (1) slot fan under video card
> Power PC & Cooling 110 Alert temperature alarm
> 2 case fans providing at least 50CFM airflow, 1 is 12V the other is
> 110V
> 6 fans on the 2 quantum hdds(3 on each)
> 1 fan on the IBM hdd
> Debian 2.2r0 Linux 2.2.17pre18(self compiled)
>
>
> it is very important to be as specific as possible when attempting to
> diagnose a potential hardware problem. i remember spending upwards of 3
> months trying to diagnose the problems on my BP6, i finally came to the
> unescapable consclusion that the MB was a piece of shit.
>
> nate
>
> Krzys Majewski wrote:
> >
> > This is a QDI Advance 5 with Intel PIII/500 and 1/8 gig ram.
> > It's got some kind of hard drive in it too, and a network card
> > and stuff. -chris
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> >
> > > Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oh man, after reading all these scary faulty-hardware posts I shook
> > > > in my boots a little after coming home and finding my new machine
> > > > frozen solid. It was running xseti at the time FWIW.
> > > > Where should I start looking?
> > > > -chris
> > >
> > > you can start specifying all the hardware, i found that seti@home would
> > > lock my BP6 *EVERY SINGLE TIME* it was like clockwork. so if you have a
> > > BP6 ..replace it. or take the 2nd cpu out. see
> > > http://www.snurgle.org/~griffon/bp6-linux.html for more info.
> > >
> > > you can also get a program called cpuburn to burn in the cpu, cpuburn
> > > also comes with a chipset tester(only supports a few chipsets). there
> > > are several memory checkers available(see freshmeat)
> > >
> > > if you don't have a BP6, run stress tests on it, seti@home is a great
> > > program to stress the cpu/cache/memory/IDE controllers/hdds. for a
> > > 128MB machine 7 copies of seti@home running at the same time for 2-3
> > > days is a good test i've found. for 256MB maybe increase it to 12. etc
> > > etc. (im sure that rc5 is just as good as seti but ive never tried it
> > > myself)
> > >
> > > run this in console mode, make sure there is no X at all running. if it
> > > passes the test, then run (from inside X) x11perf -all (cant believe i
> > > remembered that command! last week i couldnt..) that will run a series
> > > of graphics tests, it can take hours to complete, if the machine does
> > > not lock up, run it again, or maybe try loading it a 2nd time and run 2
> > > copies(not sure if that would work) if that all passes .....then it may
> > > be safe to say the system is pretty stable and just xseti is buggy(which
> > > last i saw their readme strongly iterates it is beta/alpha software)
> > >
> > > nate
> > >
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