On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 14:16 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, michael wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 10:49 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > > > > > > > > but, can you firstly ensure it's not a hardware prob - eg does it > > > > > > fall > > > > > > over when you run another op-sys? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry about the top post. We are going to run a test with a live > > > > > Knoppix > > > > > distro tonight. I think that should answer whether the problem is OS > > > > > related? > > > > > > > > Both use linux kernel, but different patches and compiler > > > > options. So a useful test, but if fan still shuts off you > > > > should perhaps test with a BSD or QNX or microsoft boot disk > > > > (just boot, not install) > > > > > > > > > > Well, the same result happened with our Knoppix test, the fans stopped > > > and > > > the system overheated. I assume at this point it either has to be > > > hardware or linux non-compatible. We are going to return the system to > > > the vendor for a different system entirely. If anyone else has any > > > suggestions in the next 24 hours we would certainly try them. > > > > check the BIOS (eg for power saving features) > > try with (ahem) XP boot disk (as another said, no need to do an install) > > > > I can't recall what hardware but if it's Xeon with hyperthreading you > > could try turning the HT off > > > > It's an intel with Xeons. I just tried disabling Hyperthreading. > It did not work. >
I guess it could be that the fans are ineffectual and therefore aren't cooling satisfactorily so something (but what!) trips to stop the CPUs (or power supply?) burning up... I think if you have a MS Windows boot disk and just leave that and it cuts out that that would prove it's a hardware issue I've a custom made box with 2 3.x GHz Xeons in on a SE7320SP2 server board and no problems I know off (fingers crossed!) -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
