freebsd 4.8 "blacking out" like crazy - hardware problem?

[Peter Jeremy]

On Tue, 2006-Aug-29 22:26:05 +0300, Joel V. wrote:
>So, we have a little freebsd 4.8-p27 box running in the office (samba,
>apache, qmail, proftpd, sshd). Machine is fine enough for the task, P4 2.4,
>512 RAM, 120 GB HDD. First time the problems started 2-3 months ago. Machine
>was restarting all the time, sometimes 2-3 times a day.

Unless something has changed (eg more clients or clients doing
something different), this really sounds like a hardware problem.
Given that you are seeing odd problems with other infrastructure,
it may even be a problem of dirty power.  I'd go thru the box and
try re-seating everything.

Can you set up a serial console?  That might let you capture some
information as the system dies.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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