[TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software

Thu Jun 7 17:23:34 EDT 2007

One other idea is a bad RAM chip/electrostatic shock. That should be easy to
determine with a memory test. Even maybe from built-in BIOS full memory
test? Might have to remove everything and add all back one by one. I have a
desktop at home like this. It took a beating when a friend shipped it to me
from across the country. Case was even bent.  I'd clear CMOS and reseat
everything and it would work until the next time I moved it around. Then
it'd come up blank screen as video was not initialized and hang. Reseating
the video card and clearing cmos  would get it back up. Finally I found out
a memory stick was bad. Haven't had any problems since but haven't moved it
alot either.

TimJowers

On 6/7/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Sounds pretty dead. If it will boot, Knoppix or TRK will tell you what
> died. If there are any beep codes, the (MoBo) manufacturer's web site will
> tell you what they mean. Also check the BIOS to see if the drives are even
> recognized.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 4:11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software
>
>
> I cant really answer any of these questions directly, or firmly, as i am
> in
> limited contact with the boss person.
>
> I know that the system was built by my boss, however, im not sure to what
> extent. also, i know that one of the two server's (not sure which one, and
> only having problems with one of them) is running the non Susie enterprise
> edition, with the enterprise packages added.
>
> as far as were its hanging, again, I'm not sure, cause the server isn't
> close, and i dont have access from here.
>
> I can say that none of the hd lights are flashing, and when you move the
> mouse, its just a blank screen.  not sure what else has been determined
> with
> he system hanging.
>
>
>
> On 6/7/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Knoppix has memtest option FWIW. Also, most (all?) server companies ship
> a
> > platform CD with stress test for each and every piece of hardware in the
> > server. If you have a server then you should have such CD or be able to
> > download it from the server vendor. (Or even from Intel or Acer which is
> > really where it all comes from though that will take some finesse to get
> > access to their download sites as these are usually only for VAR's like
> > DELL, HP, IBM, etc.) At NCR we used to also provide the option of
> putting
> > it
> > in a small partition so it was on disk as well. I think there are some
> > bootable Linux distros for stress test too?
> >
> > Where did it hang on boot? Had it started to load vmlinuz into RAM? Or
> was
> > it still in BIOS? Might look back in /var/log/messages if it was during
> > Linux OS loading. Also, did all of the SCSI disks initialize? Failing
> SCSI
> > disk is the common sporadic hang on boot I've seen.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On 6/7/07, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > kevin,
> > >
> > > going by what my boss said (i haven't drilled down to look), this
> > program
> > > has a bootable version, so that it does not have to run on the os its
> > > self.
> > >
> > > any suggestions? free is better, but it needs to be just as stable as
> > any
> > > of
> > > the commercial products.
> > >
> > > thanks :)
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/7/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Electronic Download (WINDOWS) ONLY"
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > > Have you F/LOSSed today?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > From: Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com>
> > > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 1:02:31 PM
> > > > Subject: [TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gents,
> > > >
> > > > we have a linux server that keeps has hung twice on boot this month
> > (its
> > > > restarted 3times a week)
> > > >
> > > > we are looking for a self booting diagnostic tool that will do both
> > > > diagnostic and stress testing.
> > > >
> > > > we have found one "
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.smithmicro.com/default.tpl?group=product_full&sku=CKDWINEE&prodview=intro
> > > > ";
> > > > , but i wanted to see if you guys had any other recomendations?
> > > >
> > > > jsn
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