I would have to agree that it is a HW issue. The RAM itself may be ok, but may have issues with other HW components in your system.
--Nick On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:10:27 -0800, Jean Lagarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been troubleshooting reboots over the last weekend, I think I > might have enough clues now to get some useful hints from an expert. > > FreeBSD 5.3-release (see dmesg below for details) > > The problem seems to be with trying to run with 1.5GB vice 512MB of RAM. > The system has not had problems so far when I only leave the 512MB stick > in. When I add the 1GB stick the system will reboot at specific times, > for example, while trying to launch KDE3 or trying to make OpenOffice > (always reboots at "Extracting for openoffice-1.1.2-1"). I do not see > any panic in the messages log, the system just silently reboots. > > I initially installed FreeBSD with only the 512MB stick in. > > The memory itself seems fine; memtest86 detects no errors. > > At boot time all the memory is detected: > > real memory = 1610547200 (1535 MB) > avail memory = 1568432128 (1495 MB) > > Running "memtest all" only seems to find 512MB to use. It evidently > makes no assumption about how much memory is there, starting by trying > to malloc 4GB and reducing the amount gradually until it finally > successfully mallocs 512 MB and eventually manages to lock 413 MB > (failed due to "insufficient resources" above that). The tests on the > 413 MB do pass. > > I have rebuilt the kernel with VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX=419430400 as suggested > in the FAQ. No change. > > Would setting MAXMEM to 1572864 help? I am not sure since the correct > amount is reported by FreeBSD at boot, and right now trying to make the > kernel with that option seems to be another case that reboots the > machine (i.e. the make process itself reboots the machine) so I have not > tried it yet (guess I would have to remove the 1GB stick to make the > new kernel and then put it back to try it out). > > Thank you for any help. > > ============ > dmesg > ============ > > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #1: Sun Mar 13 20:01:36 PST 2005 > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KERNEL_JEAN > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz (2205.01-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf24 Stepping = 4 > > Features=0x3febfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C > MOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM> > real memory = 1610547200 (1535 MB) > avail memory = 1568432128 (1495 MB) > mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: .\M^K\M-@ > npx0: [FAST] > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: <SOYO AWRDACPI> on motherboard > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 > cpu0: <ACPI CPU (3 Cx states)> on acpi0 > acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 > acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 > acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0 > pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port > 0x1080-0x10ff,0x1000-0x107f,0x480-0x48f,0xcf8 > -0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 > agp0: <SiS 645 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device > 0.0 on pc > i0 > pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > ohci0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xe7000000-0xe7000fff irq 5 at > device 2.2 o > n pci0 > ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > ohci1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xe7001000-0xe7001fff irq 12 at > device 2.3 > on pci0 > ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] > usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered > atapci0: <SiS 961 UDMA100 controller> port > 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6 > ,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 2.5 on pci0 > ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 > ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 > sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem > 0xe7002000-0xe7002fff irq 11 > at device 3.0 on pci0 > miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0 > ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0 > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > sis0: Ethernet address: 00:50:2c:04:6c:0b > pci0: <display, VGA> at device 10.0 (no driver attached) > pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 14.0 (no driver attached) > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on > acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > ppc0: parallel port not found. > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2205013308 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec > ad0: 39216MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS40.0/A1Y.1300> [79677/16/63] at > ata0-master UD > MA100 > acd0: DVDROM <Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 0122/E1.22> at > ata0-slave UDMA > 66 > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
