Hi List,
I'm running Centos 5.2 on an Pentium III-1000
The box has been running for almost a year without any (hardware) issues.
SInce a few weeks the box goes into standby (power led flashes) without any obvious reason (ie. i cannot find anything). This happens randomly (box runs for 1 day and does this, next time it runs for 5 days and it happens). Normally when a box goes into standby, you should be able to start it again pressing the power button, but this does not work. I have to completely unplug it and then it boots up again (after plugging it in again ;-))
I thought it was due to a kernel upgrade from 2.6.18-92.1.6 to 2.6.18-92.1.10, but after a downgrade the same issue occurred
I have checked about all settings (loaded modules, logfiles, bios etc.) I have stopped the acpid, still no go... cpuspeed is not running... Bios has got all powermanagement stuff disable..
So basically i am looking for some hints on solving this...
Anyone...?
Test wrote:
So basically i am looking for some hints on solving this...
Sounds like the box is crashing. Configure a serial console on it and hook the console up to another system to see if anything comes across on the console prior to the standby/crash behavior occurring.
nate
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Test test@remedial-teacher.nl wrote:
So basically i am looking for some hints on solving this...
I would get a power supply tester and check the power supply to make sure it isn't dying (and be prepared for that anyway).
You said you have to unplug the power supply? Does it not have a switch on the back? Just something else to check that might make your resolution simpler (but won't solve the problem), and an indicator of how old the p/s is.
mhr
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 06:58:46PM +0200, Test wrote:
I'm running Centos 5.2 on an Pentium III-1000
The box has been running for almost a year without any (hardware) issues.
SInce a few weeks the box goes into standby (power led flashes) without any obvious reason (ie. i cannot find anything).
.....
Check for dust and gunk in the air flow. CPU cooler, Power supply, Airinlets to the box. Fans not spinning.
Other posters had good input as well.
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 13:28 -0700, Nifty Cluster Mitch wrote:
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 06:58:46PM +0200, Test wrote:
I'm running Centos 5.2 on an Pentium III-1000
The box has been running for almost a year without any (hardware) issues.
SInce a few weeks the box goes into standby (power led flashes) without any obvious reason (ie. i cannot find anything).
.....
Check for dust and gunk in the air flow. CPU cooler, Power supply, Airinlets to the box. Fans not spinning.
That fixed my server a week ago. I opened it up and was it ever cruddy under the cpu fan! Yeow! I had to use a toothpick to really get the fluff out with a vacuum cleaner nozzle to catch all the cruft. It's been steady running ever since. Ric
That fixed my server a week ago. I opened it up and was it ever cruddy under the cpu fan! Yeow! I had to use a toothpick to really get the fluff out with a vacuum cleaner nozzle to catch all the cruft. It's been steady running ever since. Ric
Canned air is very good for cleaning up places like that, and just general dusting inside the machine.
on 9-12-2008 9:58 AM Test spake the following:
Hi List,
I'm running Centos 5.2 on an Pentium III-1000
The box has been running for almost a year without any (hardware) issues.
SInce a few weeks the box goes into standby (power led flashes) without any obvious reason (ie. i cannot find anything). This happens randomly (box runs for 1 day and does this, next time it runs for 5 days and it happens). Normally when a box goes into standby, you should be able to start it again pressing the power button, but this does not work. I have to completely unplug it and then it boots up again (after plugging it in again ;-))
I thought it was due to a kernel upgrade from 2.6.18-92.1.6 to 2.6.18-92.1.10, but after a downgrade the same issue occurred
I have checked about all settings (loaded modules, logfiles, bios etc.) I have stopped the acpid, still no go... cpuspeed is not running... Bios has got all powermanagement stuff disable..
So basically i am looking for some hints on solving this...
Anyone...?
CPU fans starting to die. Overheating. Old age. Electrical problems. I had an old server that actually had a mouse crawl into it and die. Couldn't find an opening I thought it could get into, and even suspected foul play. (not on the mouses death, but on its placement in the case)
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