Console output stops - machine keeps on working

[Craig Boston]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:17:29PM +0200, Gelsema, P (Patrick) - FreeBSD wrote:
> AMD Athlon X2 (AMD version of DUal Core) on an Asus M2N motherboard.
> Problem started after installing the latest Bios. I see this problem only
> when running AMD64 version. With I386 no problems.

Hmmm, the one I see it on is an Intel Pentium D system with a
Dell-branded motherboard (looks like all or mostly intel chipset),
running i386, and there have been no changes to the bios lately.  So I
think hardware can be ruled out :-)