> Dear all, > > this is going to become a long story, I apologise in > advance already, but I really need your help. I'm > totally lost with my problem. > > It all started when I have put some more memory into > my computer and tried to re-install OpenSolaris > (2009.06 based on b111a, i.e. latest .iso from > genunix.org at the time of writing). In the > beginning, I could start up the LiveCD properly and > start the installation process. However, when the > installation was running, the computer suddenly > wanted to reboot. Well, this didn't really work so > the screen went all black (actually switched off due > to no signal) and the computer was dead. Even the > reboot button didn't work anymore, only a power cycle > helped. This happened a couple of times. Sometimes, > the LiveCD didn't even start up properly anymore, the > computer rebooted already after showing the three > lines "SunOS ... ... ... license terms." > > Starting the LiveCD with the boot option -kd to start > the kernel debugger didn't really show anything > interesting, because IT WENT FINE! I could install > OpenSolaris 2009.06, b111a. (Sure, when you want to > get to the roots of a problem, it disappears... Mr. > Murphy is omnipresent). > > However, now I have the problem that the computer > doesn't boot into OpenSolaris. Same symptoms: reboots > at some (non-deterministic) time during the boot > process, i.e. the reboot is not properly initialised, > obviously, because the whole machine crashes > terribly. Only power cycles (off/on) get it starting > again. > > I tried to boot with the debugger attached, but that > didn't help: after the CPUs were powered on there > were some messages scrolling through very quickly and > the machine went into the described "crash mode". > Also, I have tried to start with -B intel-iommu=no, > but that didn't change anything. Same again... > > Here are my system specifications: > Mainboard: ASUS DSGC-DW, BIOS version 1008 (latest, > all of the above happened with version 1004 > (originally shipped) as well) > CPU: 2x Intel Xeon X5355 > RAM: 8x Qimonda FB-DIMM, 4GB each, DDR2-667 > Graphics: Gainward 9400GT (nVidia), no external power > (all power from PCIe) > HDD: 3x Seagate 750 GB > HDD: 1x WD 1000GB (this is where the OS goes) > PSU: Enermax Revolution85+, 850W > BIOS setting: Memory Branch Mode: Sequential > (however, also happens with "Interleave") > > From the BIOS I can see that the FB-DIMMs show a > temperature between 75 and 95 degree centigrade. Is > this too much? Is this a reason why the computer > behaves like this? > > Before the memory upgrade, I had 2x 2GB Kingston > memory built in, same module temperature, but more or > less stable (it crashed as described about once a > week). > > Do I have a serious hardware problem? Or do I miss > some boot parameters that would be suitable for my > setup? > > I'm totally lost here and your help is highly > appreciated! > > Thanks for reading through all my sermon and for your > kind help in advance! > > Cheers, > Manfred > > Message was edited by: muench
I would be surprised if your RAM did anything useful if that was really its temperature. Are you sure those numbers are not farenheit? DId it work with OpenSolaris with the 2 x 2GB RAM installed? Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
