[dmesg follows] I have several light weight i386 boxes made by Aopen around y2k at the time of the shonky motherboard caps.
A customer gave me all the ones that had not failed until well out of warranty and I bought a bag of superior caps and swapped out all the bad ones and they all have been running for at least 8 years. One box is due to be brought up with a new install. It crashed on 5.6 at the point where it was due to get the sets from the CD. I wish I could catch what it says but it closes the message too fast for my eyes. I tried 5.5 - crashes there too. 5.4 and earlier work well. Clues? I love these low power skinny boxes in my rack and I'm betting that the problem exists in all the ones I have, but I cannot take the others down until I have one to swap in. dmesg: OpenBSD 5.4 (GENERIC) #37: Tue Jul 30 12:05:01 MDT 2013 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.31 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PSE36,MMX, FXSR,SSE,PERF real mem = 527953920 (503MB) avail mem = 507879424 (484MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/27/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb4b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0800 (35 entries) bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "6.00 PG" date 02/27/2002 bios0: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 (slowidle) acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xde94 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfde10/128 (6 entries) pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11 pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8601 PCI" rev 0x05 viaagp0 at pchb0: v2 agp0 at viaagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT82C601 AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Trident CyberBlade i1" rev 0x6a wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT82C686 ISA" rev 0x40 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA100, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 6Y080L0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 78167MB, 160086528 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATAPI-CD, ROM-DRIVE-52MAX, 52AW> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 5 uhci1 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 5 viapm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 4 "VIA VT82C686 SMBus" rev 0x40: SMI iic0 at viapm0 iic0: addr 0x2d 00=01 01=40 02=97 03=ff 04=ff 07=50 08=ad 09=3d 0b=55 13=d7 14= 45 16=78 17=8a 1d=40 1f=7f 20=a6 21=96 22=7d 23=d0 24=d2 25=cd 26=cc 27=80 28 =80 29=a1 2b=ff 2d=d6 2e=c1 2f=d4 30=bf 31=cd 32=ba 33=cb 34=b8 37=08 38=02 39 =ff 3d=ff 3f=a2 40=01 43=ff 44=ff 47=50 48=ad 49=3d 4b=55 53=7f 54=12 56=f8 57=81 5d=40 5f=7f 60=a6 61=96 62=7d 63=d0 64=d2 65=cd 66=cc 67=80 68=80 69=a5 6b=ff 6d=d6 6e=c1 6f=d4 70=bf 71=cd 72=ba 73=cb 74=b8 77=08 78=02 79=ff 7d=ff 7f=a2 80 =01 83=ff 84=ff 87=50 88=ad 89=3d 8b=55 93=7f 94=1b 96=15 97=01 9d=40 9f=7f a0 =a6 a1=96 a2=7d a3=d0 a4=d2 a5=cd a6=cc a7=80 a8=80 a9=a5 ab=ff ad=d6 ae=c1 af=d4 b0=bf b1=cd b2=ba b3=cb b4=b8 b7=08 b8=02 b9=ff bd=ff bf=a2 c0=01 c3=ff c4 =ff c7=50 c8=ad c9=3d cb=55 d3=7f d4=15 d6=06 d7=01 dd=40 df=7f e0=a6 e1=96 e2= 7d e3=d0 e4=d2 e5=cd e6=cc e7=80 e8=80 e9=a5 eb=ff ed=d6 ee=c1 ef=d4 f0=bf f1 =cd f2=ba f3=cb f4=b8 f7=08 f8=02 f9=ff fd=ff ff=a2 words 00=01ff 01=00ff 02=00ff 03 =ffff 04=ffff 05=00ff 06=00ff 07=50ff spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 256MB SDRAM non-parity PC133CL2 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 256MB SDRAM non-parity PC133CL2 viapm0: 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz rl0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11, address 00:01:80:0f:2b:94 rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets <EOF> *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. 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