Re: Hard Lockups can't happen (can they?)
On Sunday 27 March 2005 11:25, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sunday 27 March 2005 02:19 am, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > Obviously nothing appears in the logs, as the last few writes to
> > disk are lost, so has anyone any ideas about how to debug this?
>
> Double check and make sure all drive and power cables are plugged in
> securely, and it might not hurt to take out and reseat the RAM on the
> motherboard. Usually when I see that kind of weirdness, it's
> indicative of a loose connection.
I find it stange that if its a hardware problem that its software thats
causing it. But I am double checking this.
Another datapoint is that when I complete a game of Sirtet it also is crashing
- I think when it is reading/updating the worldwide scores. So it looks to
be communications related.
--
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi
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