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Default Re: Reboot loop - 10-24-2008 , 08:52 AM






The main reason why I NEVER do driver updates through Windows Update. I
think it is a bad NIC since it has gotten progressively worse with the
reboots over time.


"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

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Yes.

The other major possibility is a bad NIC driver update.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP


"Rockn" <Rockn (AT) newsgroups (DOT) nospam> wrote in message
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I have one of my cluster nodes going into a reboot loop and I have
narrowed it down to the NIC on the public side.
I troubleshot into safe mode and it booted up fine so I would suspect it
is a piece oof hardware with an issue or a corrupt driver. Did all of the
troubleshooting with MSCONFIG and booting with different scenarios from
settings there and still rebooted each time Windows would load.

Just for grins I unplugged the public NIC and the server booted straight
up and I logged into the node. If I plug the CAT5 cable into the NIC it
will reboot within seconds. Swapped CAT5 cable with the same results.

The heartbeat NIC is functioning fine.

Would you suspect this is a hardware failure?





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