On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:27:36 +0300 Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> Hi. > > > > > The problem is that the server froze. I don't think that's what it > > is supposed to do when a card fails. > > It's my impression too. > A bad peripheral can cause almost any problem. If the bit of the card connecting with the outside world fails, it probably won't affect the rest of the computer. If a bit involving e.g. the PCI bus fails, it may well stop other stuff from working, maybe the CPU itself. To be fair, it's usually the outside bit that dies, often because of the fact that it's connected to other equipment. I had a dead PC a week ago. No PSU fan, even. Reseating the PATA cable leading to the optical drives fixed it... and I've seen, at least twice, a bad optical drive preventing start-up. -- Joe
