[asterisk-users] Crash Hard, Crash Often

[Josiah Bryan]

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Doug Lytle wrote:
>> Josiah Bryan wrote:
>>> I've been using asterisk for 3+ years now, I love it, but it doesnt love 
>>> me back. :-)
>>>
>>>   
>> The first place I usually start is with memtest86
> 
> Here, here!
> 
> Every time I have had problems with a system (not just Asterisk) 
> crashing and there is nothing in the logs it turns out to be hardware.
> 
> One slight exception was where a UPS would brownout every so often 
> causing the system to go out to lunch.  Even though there were three 
> power supplies in that system someone (not me) had _forgot_ to put them 
> on separate UPS' ... they were all on one.
> 
> Actually, that is hardware, just not in the system case.
> 
> So check your hardware.

I must admit, I've suspected hardware as well - the individual FXO 
"chips" on the two TDM400P have slowly gone dead till I only have four 
working FXO chips between 8 slots - thats fine, since I only have four 
  POTS lines right now, but still a bit annoying. They are 2 - 3 yrs 
old, so I guess its just their time.

How would I go about pinpointing / diagnosing the hardware fault? Not 
sure exactly what to do with memtest86 - any pointers?

Thanks!
-josiah


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Josiah Bryan
IT Manager
Productive Concepts, Inc.
jbryan at productiveconcepts.com
(765) 964-6009, ext. 224