Re: AlphaServer 1200 powering off by itself.

Chuck Whealton wrote:
Is it running Digital/Tru64 UNIX? Did you check the message logs?

no. it's running FreeBSD 5.4, however it will power down if left at the SRM for a couple of days too. i get "Powerup Failure" on the LCD after it's cooled down (30+ minutes) and decides to boot again, but i'm not quite sure what message logs you're referring to. does the SRM keep logs? if so how may i access them?
sorry if this is OT, but i didn't see any groups just for DEC hardware.
i have an identical system, but single CPU, running a mirror image of the OS (dd from one to another) that "just works", however if it's been running for several days (3 or so) and i reboot it will often times power off before loading the graphic console as well and won't power up properly until it has sat for a while. that one has yet to power down when running and it's been up for 6-8 months at a time.. i tossed another 1200 because it wouldn't stay on for longer than 24 hrs before powering down (that one was running CentOS). seems to be a problem with the 1200 but i haven't been able to come up with any pointers googling. My 2 AlphaPC 164lx machines work great (both of which have FBSD 5.4 on them)
any other ideas?

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