FC5 Kernel Issues

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Paul Johnson wrote:

> 
> I've recently discovered these "freezes" are due to faulty hardware,
> and the crash happens not particularly because the kernel is bad, but
> because it exercises slightly different elements in the hardware.
> 
> On Dell GX270, a motherboard with bad capacitors will not always
> crash, only when the power demand is over a threshold.  For me, the
> crashes becan recently.
> 
> To check your motherboard, in case you have the same variety, look at
> the capacitors (little columns on MOBO) and make sure the tops are
> flat, not bulging or even swolen.
> 
> Also, run the memory test on the FC rescue disk.
> 
> 

I don't think my problem is with the hardware as the machine is only two
weeks old. I orginally had problems with the memory, but IBM replaced
the modules with improved ones and I have not had a problem since then.
Also when the memory failed the entire machine would lock and I could
not ssh to it, which I can do with my recent lockups.

Kevin

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