questions about Fatal Trap 12

[Ray]

On Saturday 11 April 2009 19:34:29 Paul Hamilton wrote:
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> Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 01:45
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> Subject: questions about Fatal Trap 12
>
> Hello,
> I have received a kernel Trap 12 error several times now and am trying to
> figure it out.
> the error occurred today, and the previous time was about two weeks ago.
> last time I had to run fsck manually if that proves anything.
>
>

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> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Ray
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>
> Hi Ray,
>
> I have had a few of the Trap 12 errors over the last 10 years of using
> FreeBSD.  From memory, mine where due to faulty motherboard/CPU.  I just
> moved the hard drive to another PC, and all was ok.
>
> The last time I received the error, was when I tried recompiling world.  I
> put it down to CPU heat, as it was running a LOT harder than normal day to
> day use.  This was on a server that had been in place for two years running
> with out problem!
>
> Cheers,
>
> PaulH
>

I Just had the power supply die on this machine. Could  a failing power supply 
cause this type of issues?
Ray

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