elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) (03/15/91)
I need some help diagnosing the problems with my UnixPC... I have had it crash a couple of times lately, and after resetting it has always come back up. I noticed that it seemed to crash when I moved the mouse, so I quit moving the mouse (I don't use UA). This morning I came in, and it was crashed again, so I reset it, and got the following panic message: Panic trap vector 11 type = 0xB, pid = 87, pc = 0x14C44, rps = 0x200E, p = 0x4A500 GSR = DD00, BSR0 = FC43, BSR1 = 0, PHYSPF = 30 D0 = FFFF, D1 = 1, D2 = 0, D3 = 70005 D4 = FFFFFC43, D6 = DD00, D7 = 430000 A0 = 1ED84, A1 = 1D87D, A2 = 1D82B, A3 = 49244 A4 = 708B8, A5 = 3000, A6 = 70801, A7 = 2FFB84 panic trap. I reset her again, and got this panic message.... #HDERR ST:51 EF:40 CL:FF63 CH:FF00 SN:FF01 SC:FF03 SDH:FF27 DMACNT:FFFF DCRREG:97 MCRREG:8B00 She then booted normally on the third try. I am currently running unix version 3.51, with the 3.51 development set. I have 512 on the motherboard, with 1.5 expansion memory (2 0.5's plus a 0.5 combo). I am also running the HDB uucp from TheStore. I am also running a Seagate st4096 in an external box (not on the pc power supply) with about 67 Mb of disk. I am not a hardware hacker, and am not very good with unix as yet (I work mostly with VMS, and am only learning unix on my own time). Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Keith ps. Try emailing me at elliston@mbcl.rutgers.edu if uunet!av8tr!elliston fails... -- Keith O. Elliston elliston@av8tr.UUCP elliston@msdrl.com AA5A N9734U elliston@mbcl.rutgers.edu elliston@biovax.bitnet "Beware of pseudo-experts with a mission and a grudge, especially if they are lawyers pretending to be scientists." -- H.W. Lewis in 'Technological Risk'
rmfowler@texrex.uucp (Rex Fowler) (03/21/91)
In article <637@av8tr.UUCP> elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) writes: >I need some help diagnosing the problems with my UnixPC... > >I have had it crash a couple of times lately, and after resetting it >has always come back up. I noticed that it seemed to crash when I moved the >mouse, so I quit moving the mouse (I don't use UA). This morning I came in, >and it was crashed again, so I reset it, and got the following panic message: > >Panic trap vector 11 >type = 0xB, pid = 87, pc = 0x14C44, rps = 0x200E, p = 0x4A500 >GSR = DD00, BSR0 = FC43, BSR1 = 0, PHYSPF = 30 >D0 = FFFF, D1 = 1, D2 = 0, D3 = 70005 >D4 = FFFFFC43, D6 = DD00, D7 = 430000 >A0 = 1ED84, A1 = 1D87D, A2 = 1D82B, A3 = 49244 >A4 = 708B8, A5 = 3000, A6 = 70801, A7 = 2FFB84 > >panic trap. > Boy, that looks familiar.. try shutting down the system and unplugging and replugging all of the keyboard connections (both ends) and the mouse. I struggled with a similar situation as you for 6 months. I tried everything possible to debug the problem. A few times I even thought I had fixed it but the crashes resumed shortly. I tried: 1) boosting the power supply up a little 2) removing non-used loadable drivers 3) completely removing the mouse 4) re-arranging order of loadable drivers 5) reseating all of the socketed chips 6) blowing out dust-bunnies 7) many other minor suggestions from other unix-pc'ers 8) and now, unplugging & replugging in the keyboard at both ends while the machine is shutdown. And the strangest thing is, almost everyone of these changes led me to believe that the problem was solved. For instance, when I unplugged the mouse, my machine remained running for 7 days but then resumed the frequent crashes. When I removed an un-used loadable driver the system stayed up for 3-4 days before the crashes resumed. The funny thing is that after everytime I though it was fixed, I posted an article telling everyone that I had solved my problems. Then I had to followup and tell everyone that I was wrong once again. So, after 17 days of uptime, I am relunctant to post this because I will probably just jinx myself again. Oh well, here it goes... > >-- >Keith O. Elliston elliston@av8tr.UUCP elliston@msdrl.com >AA5A N9734U elliston@mbcl.rutgers.edu elliston@biovax.bitnet >"Beware of pseudo-experts with a mission and a grudge, especially if they are > lawyers pretending to be scientists." -- H.W. Lewis in 'Technological Risk' -- Rex Fowler <rmfowler%texrex@cirr.com> UUCP: egsner!texrex!rmfowler