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by **Guillaume Fili** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hi all,

I change my CPU fan and my BIOS battery three days ago on my Linux 120 Mhz
server Box, and in three days, I got two crashs (on Linux)... The crashs
were like:
Kernel Panic, or
Complete freeze of tty, or
Impossible to log-in (error was: Too much fragmentation (or something like
that))

The only way to reboot was to hit the reset button on the Box, and then I
got those kind of errors:
'Boot sequence corrupted, giving up', or
'Kernel currupted, impossible to uncompress', or
Not even a LILO boot!

The solution is relatively easy, I just shut-off the computer for about
half an hour, and start it again: I boot like if nothing had never
hapenned (except for the disk check forced).

As you can see this is a strange problem, and I'm about sure this is
hardware related, but I don't know what hardware. Could someone point me
what is wrong?

TIA,
GFK's
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by **Stuart R. Full** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

: Hi all,
:
: I change my CPU fan and my BIOS battery three days ago on my Linux 120 Mhz
: server Box, and in three days, I got two crashs (on Linux)... The crashs
: were like:
: Kernel Panic, or
: Complete freeze of tty, or
: Impossible to log-in (error was: Too much fragmentation (or something like
: that))
:
: The only way to reboot was to hit the reset button on the Box, and then I
: got those kind of errors:
: 'Boot sequence corrupted, giving up', or
: 'Kernel currupted, impossible to uncompress', or
: Not even a LILO boot!
:
: The solution is relatively easy, I just shut-off the computer for about
: half an hour, and start it again: I boot like if nothing had never
: hapenned (except for the disk check forced).
:
: As you can see this is a strange problem, and I'm about sure this is
: hardware related, but I don't know what hardware. Could someone point me
: what is wrong?

I'd start with the new fan. Is it still running? Is it similar to the old
one? What about the heat sink - same size or larger than the old one? Heat
sink thermal compound between the cpu and the heatsink?

What about the fan in the power supply? Is it still running?

Stu

by **Guillaume Fili** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> : I change my CPU fan and my BIOS battery three days ago on my Linux 120 Mhz
> : server Box, and in three days, I got two crashs (on Linux)... The crashs
> : were like:
> : Kernel Panic, or
> : Complete freeze of tty, or
> : Impossible to log-in (error was: Too much fragmentation (or something like
> : that))
> :
> : The only way to reboot was to hit the reset button on the Box, and then I
> : got those kind of errors:
> : 'Boot sequence corrupted, giving up', or
> : 'Kernel currupted, impossible to uncompress', or
> : Not even a LILO boot!
> :
> : The solution is relatively easy, I just shut-off the computer for about
> : half an hour, and start it again: I boot like if nothing had never
> : hapenned (except for the disk check forced).
> :
> : As you can see this is a strange problem, and I'm about sure this is
> : hardware related, but I don't know what hardware. Could someone point me
> : what is wrong?

> I'd start with the new fan. Is it still running? Is it similar to the old
> one? What about the heat sink - same size or larger than the old one? Heat
> sink thermal compound between the cpu and the heatsink?

> What about the fan in the power supply? Is it still running?

Stu,

The new fan is running nice. It is bigger than the older one, it may take
more power than the old one. The old one was connected serial with the
hard drive, so in case the new one is taking more power, I connected it
alone on it's own plug.

The brand is a Cooler Master TP5-5020B. The heatsink is a little bit
larger than the old one and I didn't put compound between the cpu and the
heatsink.

The power supply's fan is working as good as before...

Can you guess something with this?
Thanks,
GFK's

by **hac** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> > : I change my CPU fan and my BIOS battery three days ago on my Linux 120 Mhz
> > : server Box, and in three days, I got two crashs (on Linux)... The crashs
> > : were like:
> > : Kernel Panic, or
> > : Complete freeze of tty, or
> > : Impossible to log-in (error was: Too much fragmentation (or something like
> > : that))
> > :
> > : The only way to reboot was to hit the reset button on the Box, and then I
> > : got those kind of errors:
> > : 'Boot sequence corrupted, giving up', or
> > : 'Kernel currupted, impossible to uncompress', or
> > : Not even a LILO boot!
> > :
> > : The solution is relatively easy, I just shut-off the computer for about
> > : half an hour, and start it again: I boot like if nothing had never
> > : hapenned (except for the disk check forced).
> > :
> > : As you can see this is a strange problem, and I'm about sure this is
> > : hardware related, but I don't know what hardware. Could someone point me
> > : what is wrong?

> > I'd start with the new fan. Is it still running? Is it similar to the old
> > one? What about the heat sink - same size or larger than the old one? Heat
> > sink thermal compound between the cpu and the heatsink?

> > What about the fan in the power supply? Is it still running?

> Stu,

> The new fan is running nice. It is bigger than the older one, it may take
> more power than the old one. The old one was connected serial with the
> hard drive, so in case the new one is taking more power, I connected it
> alone on it's own plug.

> The brand is a Cooler Master TP5-5020B. The heatsink is a little bit
> larger than the old one and I didn't put compound between the cpu and the

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A bigger heatsink does no good if the heat doesn't get from the cpu to
the heatsink.

Quote:> heatsink.

> The power supply's fan is working as good as before...

> Can you guess something with this?
> Thanks,
> GFK's

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by **Tim Moor** » Tue, 31 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Quote:> I change my CPU fan and my BIOS battery three days ago on my Linux 120 Mhz
> server Box, and in three days, I got two crashs (on Linux)... The crashs

Did you reset BIOS defaults?
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