Re: Problems with system lockup

[Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:32 +0000, kd1zd@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses.  After reading them, I realized I've seen more crashes in the last week, when I added a usb hard drive enclosure to the system.  I removed it to see igf the crashes are less frequent.
> 
> Also, I do run one of thr TNCs off of a USB to serial dongle, maybe that also has something to do with it.

Shouldn't make a difference, although some USB interfaces don't drive
the RS-232 side hard enough for some older TNCs to work.

> I will at some point give the memory test a try.  That may also help pinpoint if there are other things that are problems.

It's definitely worth doing sooner rather than later.

> Can any of you recommend a watchdog card?

Not really, no.  If your machine keeps locking up, it's because it's
faulty.  Treat the fault, not the symptom.

Gordon MM0YEQ

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