Re: system lock up

From: Mike McCarty (mike.mccarty_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 10/12/05

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    Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:32:46 -0500
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    chris wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > I am somewhat at a loss for how to debug this problem.
    >
    > Basically my system locks up, its a workstation grade Xeon I do
    > development on, essentially, the screen (in X) freezes, the keyboard
    > locks, the network locks (it stops responding to ping). The only
    > visible indicator I get when it freezes is sometimes, I see a 4 or 5
    > pixel high band of grey/brown that spans the width of the window I am
    > currently working in.
    >
    > I dont see anything out of the ordinary that something is wrong, I can
    > let the system sit for days and it runs fine, but when I start doing
    > work on it, I start seeing the freezes (it froze up twice in about 3
    > hours today). But sometimes I can work several days in a row without a
    > problem.

    This sounds like it might be a hardware problem.

    > I would like any ideas on how to debug this.

    First suggestion: run MEMTEST for a few days without interruptions.

    No, wait, my Zeroth suggestion: Check that your fans are running
    and that the CPU temp is not out of spec.

    [snip]

    Mike 

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