Hello everyone,
The operating system often hangs after any graphics operation like scroll/zoom/menu open/button click. It is the same after swapping all parts (CPUs: dual Opteron 2216 or 8435, RAM: 8x1GB or 8x4GB, power supply : 800W or 1000W, graphics card : original Quadro FX 3500 replaced with GeForce 7300 LE to decrease power) one at a time, and trying several operating systems (Windows 7/10, Linux, FreeBSD; 32 and 64 bit versions of all of them). But if the motherboard has been sleeping for months/years, the first few minutes are more stable before it warms up. This seems to come with power bursts of data transfers between GPU and main memory. Which caps are the most usual suspects ? Unfortunately, no leak can be seen. Where to look for them ? The memory and CPU power must be stable enough as the system never froze in text mode under memtest, I/O load test, or when compiling FreeBSD kernel with 24 jobs (2 per core x 6-core x 2 CPUs). Trouble happens only in graphic environment. Has anyone seen this behavior in similar aged workstations ? I don't really need a more recent,powerful one that may cost more than a solder/desolder station and new caps.
The operating system often hangs after any graphics operation like scroll/zoom/menu open/button click. It is the same after swapping all parts (CPUs: dual Opteron 2216 or 8435, RAM: 8x1GB or 8x4GB, power supply : 800W or 1000W, graphics card : original Quadro FX 3500 replaced with GeForce 7300 LE to decrease power) one at a time, and trying several operating systems (Windows 7/10, Linux, FreeBSD; 32 and 64 bit versions of all of them). But if the motherboard has been sleeping for months/years, the first few minutes are more stable before it warms up. This seems to come with power bursts of data transfers between GPU and main memory. Which caps are the most usual suspects ? Unfortunately, no leak can be seen. Where to look for them ? The memory and CPU power must be stable enough as the system never froze in text mode under memtest, I/O load test, or when compiling FreeBSD kernel with 24 jobs (2 per core x 6-core x 2 CPUs). Trouble happens only in graphic environment. Has anyone seen this behavior in similar aged workstations ? I don't really need a more recent,powerful one that may cost more than a solder/desolder station and new caps.
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