Hi Mulyadi, On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Mulyadi, > > On 01/31/2012 04:49 PM, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: >> Hi :) >> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:52, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> So RAM modules not the problem, that leaves CPU, Motherboard and PSU... >>> >>> So I switched out the PSU - Fail (really quickly this time... interesting) >>> >>> So that's when I decided to look at the SDRAM voltage - I looked up the >>> datasheet for the RAM and compared it to the BIOS setting... Hmm, right >>> at the upper limit of the spec'd DIMM voltage, so I set it to 1.5V >>> manually. >>> >>> Since then it has not skipped a beat (only been ~18 hours, but that's way >>> longer than previously) >> >> A very well done trouble shooting! you're lucky that during the > > Thanks :) Alas, after 36 hours it froze again - tweaking the SDRAM voltage up and down didn't resolve the problem. I'm convinced it's motherboard related (most likely a flakey voltage regulator) >> process, your memory module isn't burn out (voltage overload could do >> that sometimes AFAIK). > > Hmm, the MB voltage was just at the upper limit of the operational voltage > - I think the max. rated voltage goes a little higher although there are > two voltages that must be kept at correct levels relative to each other > (one must always remain less than or equal to the other) > >> lately many issues surface which tend to has something to do with >> hardware, for example the excessive power consumption (ASPM). Sensors >> are all we need. Linux could already fetch numbers from SMART, cpu >> sensors etc. Maybe we need memory voltage sensors too? :) > > Yes, I would love to get all the on-board and on-die sensors working > (temperatures, voltages, fan speeds). This is going to be an 'always on' > media server which will also operate as a part-time dev machine. I would > love to do complete system status logging. Any idea how I could find out > what the correct kernel options I need to do so? I recompiled with the various sensor bus options as modules and got it working Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
