Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-06-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 02:53:15PM -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: so sad as this is the ideal platform that i was after. It’s nice, (and I have zero problems in a 24C ambient), but I wouldn’t call it “Ideal”. (watch this space) Heavy breathing intensifies.

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-06-04 Thread compdoc
Even if adding more memory corrects the issue, I still don't like to know that pfsense can suddenly die and leave no clues behind :-|. pfSense is pretty stable. I've tested it in many VMs and 'bare metal' systems and it doesn’t freeze on me. Of course, I might not be using the same

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-06-04 Thread mayak
On 06/04/2014 09:23 PM, compdoc wrote: Even if adding more memory corrects the issue, I still don't like to know that pfsense can suddenly die and leave no clues behind :-|. pfSense is

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-06-04 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 4, 2014, at 2:29 PM, mayak ma...@australsat.com wrote: i really want to love this board, but, it it is simply a heater -- my problems are thermal. i have now completely removed the the board from the case and put a huge copper heat sync on it -- i'll take a picture -- i placed it

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-21 Thread Vick Khera
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:15 AM, mayak ma...@australsat.com wrote: unit will run sometimes for days, or sometimes for several hours, before becoming unresponsive: My gut says overheating. ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-21 Thread mayak
On 05/21/2014 10:14 PM, Vick Khera wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:15 AM, mayak ma...@australsat.com wrote: unit will run sometimes for days, or sometimes for several hours, before becoming unresponsive: My gut says overheating. hi vick, man -- you're good -- i was waiting a bit more to post

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-21 Thread mayak
On 05/21/2014 10:59 PM, Stefan Baur wrote: Am 21.05.2014 22:53, schrieb mayak: i'll be curious to see pc engines proposes a new mounting/heat sync method. if the case had air flow slits on top and on the sides, i'd bet that it would be much cooler. Out of curiosity, did you buy a new case

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-20 Thread mayak
On 05/20/2014 07:42 AM, Mathieu Simon (Lists) wrote: Hi mayak Many roads lead to ... gut says SSD - I'd try running off CD first. Seems apu1.4c (guess that's what you meant) has a SATA port, now you only need to get find way for powering a desktop CD/DVD drive (i.e. spare ATX power supply)

[pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-19 Thread mayak
hi all, i have a new apu.4c with a Kingston SSD unit will run sometimes for days, or sometimes for several hours, before becoming unresponsive: - no mac response from ethernet cards - serial console dies -- no errors displayed - no errors in system log - no crash report on reboot what is the

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-19 Thread Mehma Sarja
Many roads lead to ... gut says SSD - I'd try running off CD first. On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:15 PM, mayak ma...@australsat.com wrote: hi all, i have a new apu.4c with a Kingston SSD unit will run sometimes for days, or sometimes for several hours, before becoming unresponsive: - no

Re: [pfSense] apu.4c silently dies

2014-05-19 Thread Mathieu Simon (Lists)
Hi mayak Many roads lead to ... gut says SSD - I'd try running off CD first. Seems apu1.4c (guess that's what you meant) has a SATA port, now you only need to get find way for powering a desktop CD/DVD drive (i.e. spare ATX power supply) On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:15 PM, mayak