If it's hardware, one would hope that there'd be "fun" messages in = /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log at least from the time of the problem, if not = before. Then again, I'd hope that even neophyte SAs would know enough = to check that. I was going to say that you might want to ask your SA = (or SAs) to check that file, but at that point a DBA becomes a real = jacka$$ to an SA. Unless they're the same person... :) Again, GL! Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 2:11 PM > Subject: RE: very odd problem....oracle support has been no help so = far. >=20 > It very well could be a hardware problem...but I don't know=20 > how to prove it. > until I can...it's strictly an oracle problem as far as my company is > concerned. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------