On 12/11/13 08:57, Artur Łądka wrote:
> 2013/11/11 Peter Alefounder <p_alefounder@??? <mailto:p_alefounder@yahoo.co.uk>>
>
>
> Artur ??dka <arturladka@??? <mailto:arturladka@gmail.com>>said:
> > Did you try to wait a bit when boot up process is frozen? About 3 minutes
> > from start (120 seconds after freeze) - after that kernel will kill
> > blocking task. I recently found this problem on relatively new hardware and
> > Debian 7 when IPMI module could not be loaded.
>
> No, I have not given it that long. This is certainly new hardware. I don't know
> what IPMI is, but will find out if I need to. I have noticed that it complains
> about lacking some codecs, but that lack does not appear to affect normal
> operation.
>
> It does not have to be IPMI, can be any other kernel module. In this case it will hang on udev message "waiting for /dev
> to be fully populated". It is strange that after reboot everything is OK (again - it seems to be power supply issue) but
> maybe after hard reset something is little bit different. Maybe try to boot it up in recovery mode? You can also try
> different distribution or OS - problem I had on Debian did not exists on OpenSUSE or FreeBSD - but unfortunately I
> prefer Debian and had to deal with it ;)
>
> > If it will not be this problem I also think it can be PSU issue. Is your
> > PSU branded or is it cheapest no name?
>
> FSP Raider. Something that DNUK trust enough to give a 3 year warranty.
>
> FSP are known to be cheap but reliable. But even the best product can fail.
>
>
>
Sorry, late to the thread. I had reboot problems with several boxes recently. The fix is to remove legacy USB support
from bios ... e.g. :
Advanced Chipset Control
--SouthBridge Configuration
----Legacy USB Support
or just unplug the until running ;-)
Hope this might help,
Berni
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