i am getting hard lock ups of the os periodicly where, without warning, everything freezes. I am unable to track down to source - hardware or software. Everything looks normal and works fine until it locks up.

running amd x64 3500+ and suse 9.2 pro 64. i have a MSI MS-7025 K8N Neo2 Platinum MoBo with nforce3 chipset video is gforce 5200. It has both sata and ata on the mobo, but i am running all ata. i have 3 250gb hds connected to the computer. 2 are connect to the primary controler, and controller 1 and a sii ide pci card with another 250 gb.

suse appeared to detect everything correctly, but i havent ruled out the os yet.

hda = WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 250GB ata 100
hdb = WDC WD2500JB-00FUA0 250GB ata 100
hdc = DL DVD Burner
hde = Maxtor 6Y250P0 ata 133

this is lsmod output:

Module Size Used by
nvidia 5288160 8
usbserial 32240 0
parport_pc 41024 1
lp 12264 0
parport 45068 2 parport_pc,lp
edd 11344 0
freq_table 5000 0
thermal 20236 0
processor 29628 1 thermal
fan 6024 0
button 9760 0
battery 12680 0
ac 7176 0
snd_pcm_oss 63912 0
snd_mixer_oss 21120 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi 10816 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 9088 0
snd_emux_synth 42240 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 8192 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_event 9088 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi
snd_seq_midi_emul 9728 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq 60864 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul
snd_ioctl32 18432 0
snd_emu10k1 95144 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 27812 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 10128 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 81952 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm 110220 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ioctl32,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 26632 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11664 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 6016 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 10888 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 67336 18 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi _event,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq,snd_ioctl32,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,s nd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
soundcore 10912 1 snd
ipv6 264096 17
af_packet 23692 2
subfs 8960 1
ext3 122768 1
jbd 68680 1 ext3
evdev 10752 0
joydev 11264 0
sg 40248 0
st 40612 0
sr_mod 18084 0
usbhid 43908 0
r8169 21256 0
e100 36352 0
mii 5888 1 e100
ohci1394 33796 0
ieee1394 117592 1 ohci1394
emu10k1_gp 4480 0
gameport 4992 1 emu10k1_gp
forcedeth 18816 0
ehci_hcd 30852 0
ohci_hcd 21380 0
dm_mod 58840 0
usbcore 122368 6 usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
reiserfs 244848 6
sata_nv 9988 0
libata 46856 1 sata_nv
sd_mod 18072 0
scsi_mod 130432 5 sg,st,sr_mod,libata,sd_mod

and hdparm -i:

/dev/hda:

Model=WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0, FwRev=08.02D08, SerialNo=WD-WCAL72359954
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version:

* signifies the current active mode

/dev/hdb:

Model=WDC WD2500JB-00FUA0, FwRev=15.05R15, SerialNo=WD-WMAEP1418375
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version:

* signifies the current active mode

/dev/hde:

Model=Maxtor 6Y250P0, FwRev=YAR41BW0, SerialNo=Y6442V8E
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: (null):

* signifies the current active mode


Also running hdparm -t /dev/hdx give widly varing results. could this be a problem?

/dev/hda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.31 seconds = 2.42 MB/sec
earth:/home/gil # hdparm -t /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
Timing buffered disk reads: 68 MB in 3.01 seconds = 22.62 MB/sec
earth:/home/gil # hdparm -t /dev/hde

/dev/hde:
Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.01 seconds = 57.06 MB/sec

any help is apreciated!

thx
g

You could check out the sii ide pci card by removing it. If possible reconfigure your hard drives to run without the pci card and try running without it (remove it completely from the machine). Incompatibility between the motherboard BIOS and the secondary controller BIOS is a fairly common problem and it is a fairly easy thing to check out.

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Steve Stites

i was hoping that it would be that easy, but it is still locking up on me... any other help?

-g

what i find most anoying besides the lock ups is that i can not find anything in the logs to point me in the direction of the problem.

Intermittent lockups often spell a hardware problem.

Presuming this was a stable system that suddenly became unstable, I would be looking at the power supply and the motherboard.