# Lots of board errors lately **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 1, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323 "2012-09-01T00:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/1 "2012-09-01T00:57:01Z")
I’ve been getting loads of \*\*400- Bad Request \*\*pages lately. Anyone else, or just me? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/2 "2012-09-01T01:16:37Z")
Haven’t had any problems recently. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/3 "2012-09-01T01:23:50Z")
It’s been running very slow for me for a few days. Often it’s like someone poured molasses into the system. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/4 "2012-09-01T04:37:49Z")
I’ve been getting a lot of that too, for the last several weeks. I don’t think I’ve noticed that frequency of problems before that. The error I get is “The connection has been reset by the server”, or alternatively, it just takes a loooooooooooooong time for the server to respond and serve the page. I remarked on this a few weeks ago, right here in ATMB, at a time when several others were posting OP’s with similar complaints. One of the admins (TubaDiva I think?) remarked something to the effect that it’s just how it’s always been. I didn’t believe that, but I chose to STFU about it at the time. ETA: I also recall a remark someone made, to the effect that the SDMB servers are due for a hamster upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/5 "2012-09-01T18:56:27Z")
I’ll second that (fourth it?). Tends to hang and give lots of “connection reset” messages recently. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/6 "2012-09-02T02:18:16Z")
It runs real slow then suddenly snap back. It’s doing this off and on. At first I thought it might be our Internet connection, but this is the only site that it happens. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/7 "2012-09-02T12:18:17Z")
I started that thread about this same issue a few weeks ago or so. It seems that the board is actually alive. It slows down and drags, we complain about it, it stops for awhile, then starts doing it again. Its like taking a car to a mechanic when you know there’s a problem but you can’t reproduce the problem when the mechanic is present…and then the problem manifests itself on your way home from the mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/8 "2012-09-02T12:33:22Z")
I had several timeout errors and some slowness yesterday (Saturday), but it cleared up before I could complain about it. Yes, it was just this board, not my system. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/9 "2012-09-02T19:45:03Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I started that thread about this same issue a few weeks ago or so. It seems that the board is actually alive. It slows down and drags, we complain about it, it stops for awhile, then starts doing it again. Its like taking a car to a mechanic when you know there’s a problem but you can’t reproduce the problem when the mechanic is present…and then the problem manifests itself on your way home from the mechanic. It’s necessary to post such complaints from time to time. This reminds the Admins to feed the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/10 "2012-09-02T22:52:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s necessary to post such complaints from time to time. This reminds the Admins to feed the hamsters. I thought they switched to capybaras a while back, or was that my imagination? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/11 "2012-09-02T22:55:24Z")
Yep, “server reset” errors here, too. It’s just the last two days - before that, it was much better than normal. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/12 "2012-09-03T00:13:10Z")
Yeah, me too, over the last three days or so. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/13 "2012-09-03T02:30:16Z")
Over the last couple of days i’ve been getting the “connection reset” messages, and sometimes the boards are really sloooooow to load. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/14 "2012-09-03T02:58:14Z")
Hm. First night I’m getting these, but I’m sure getting 'em. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/15 "2012-09-03T02:59:43Z")
> [@sweepkick](#): > > Over the last couple of days i’ve been getting the “connection reset” messages, and sometimes the boards are really sloooooow to load. Yes, this. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/16 "2012-09-03T03:05:35Z")
Yep, tonight about 10PM EDT. Couldn’t even access the SD home page. Down perhaps half an hour or more. Frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/17 "2012-09-04T23:07:28Z")
Couldn’t access the board for the last 5 minutes, after considerable slowdowns. Ping works OK. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/18 "2012-09-05T00:44:52Z")
For the past few days, sometimes I can’t even pull up the Board. When I can it’s really slow. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/19 "2012-09-05T00:48:30Z")
It’s just a mess tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323/20 "2012-09-05T00:48:34Z")
It’s been down quite a bit for me this afternoon. A few times when it’s been down, I confirmed that it wasn’t on my end using [http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/), which found it down as well. (No surprise, given the other responses in this thread, but one extra data point.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-board-errors-lately/633323.md?page=2)