fbsd8.0: Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode

[Jakob Breivik Grimstveit]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 00:08, Bernt Hansson <bernt at bah.homeip.net> wrote:

> Jakob Breivik Grimstveit said the following on 2009-12-05 20:16:
>>
>> I have - after having upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0, started experiencing
>> system unstability, with crashes about every 12-24h. Last time my
>> system crashed, I got the following screen output:
>>
>> Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode
>> couid = 0; apic id = 00
>> instruction pointer    = 0x20:0xffffffff804eb471
>> stack pointer          = 0x28:0xffffff803e933a50
>> frame pointer          = 0x28:0xffffff803e933a70
>> code segment           = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>>                       = DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gan 1
>> processor eflags       = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
>> current process        = 3208 (httpd)
>> trap number            = 9
>> panic: general protection fault
>> cpuid = 0
>> Uptime: 12h19m9s
>> Cannot dump. Device not defined or unavailable
>> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
>>
>>
>> (Typed in manually while reading screen).
>>
>> What might be the problem? How can I resolve this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
> How old is the motherboard. Check the capacitors on the MB and PSU.

The motherboard is probably 2-3 years old, but this problem occured
when upgrading from 7.2 to 8.0, and has happened several times the
last week. Why should this be a hardware problem?

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