One Processor no longer seen

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sorahp
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One Processor no longer seen

Post by sorahp »

I have been running my BP6 for a week now, steady. Last Night I checked it to make sure it was still going, and it was. This morning, I noticed that SETI wasn't going. I tried to get the task manager up and it couldn't, though it did try. Tried to shut down and windows wouldn't. I rebooted and only one processor is now available. I checked the board and there don't seem to be any bad caps.

Can a board even boot with a bad cap?

I am wondering if the problem is that one processor is gone?

Is it a symptom of a bad cap or failing bp6 motherboard?

My plan is to first reseat the processors, check if that works.
Switch the processors with one another, see what happens.
Use a spare processor see if that fixes things.

The board does operate in a pretty warm environment. Typically, reports CPU temps up to 53 C. But it has been operating at that load for the past 7 days, without reboot and for months now. I have also seen that mendocinos don't really start failing until 70-90 C. The power supply is new as well.

If any body knows of a definitive answer of what this could be to save me time, I would appreciate input.
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Post by sorahp »

nevermind board has gotten flaky, and it is due to bad caps. :(
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Post by Derek »

Are you going to repair it?
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Post by sorahp »

nah, I am going to throw it out...


Are you kidding, ofcourse I am fixing it :). I already ordered the caps from digikey. I can't wait to get them and hopefully put the board back into service.
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Post by Derek »

hehehe :D That's what I was hoping to hear! Keeping another BP6 online!
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Post by Dave Rave »

sorahp wrote:nah, I am going to throw it out...
we are going to have to kill you.
oh, wait, that last line isn't his sig ?!
hmmm, ok, you can live, a little bit longer
just watch it, ok
bp6's 3 x dual @ 533
. . . . 1 x dual @ 466
. . . . 1 sngl @ 400
[( 2 x dual xeon 2.4ghz )]
[( 2 x dual xeon 2.66ghz )]
[( 1 x 2.4C ghz )]
[( 1 x 2.4B ghz )]
[( 1 x dual AMD 1800MP )]
[( 1 x P4 1600 )]
[( 1 x 500 ppga )]
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