Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-12-11 Thread Elton Machado
In this case I would check about the processor cooler. It could not be working fine and need some lubrification or a clean, or in worst case a new one. Regards, Elton Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:45:06PM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote: : Given the cost of memory these days,

RE: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-12-03 Thread Sandy Rutherford
If the goal is simply to stress-test the memory, just take a huge file and write a shell script loop to gzip it and ungzip it ad infinitum. I used this technique a while ago to ferret out some memory problems. In this case, the bad memory manifested itself as gzip eventually reporting an error

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-12-03 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Chris Dillon wrote: After fiddling around with some of the clock/voltage related BIOS settings, putting new thermal compound between the CPUs and heatsinks, reseating cards and memory, placing the PCs inside a hexagram drawn on the floor and dancing nak... nevermind... we got them to run snip I

RE: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-12-02 Thread Chris Dillon
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: I don't want to embarrass anyone here, but something needs to be said. Note this next sentence carefully: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WORKING MEMORY TEST PROGRAM!!! Anyone who tells you otherwise is no friend of yours, because they are making your life

Re: [OT] Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-28 Thread Chuck Swiger
Adam Fabian wrote: Does parity RAM reliably report on it's reliability? Nope. At least if you're talking about parity memory on FPM or EDO DRAM, which only has a fifty-fifty chance of even noticing an error, and a 1/9 (~11%) chance of reporting an error with the parity bit itself. Modern SDRAM

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With that in mind, sometimes, the very best memory test programs can give you better ideas that memory you thought was failing IS failing. The opposite, proving that memory is good, is just totally, totally useless, you cannot take any data home at all

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-26 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 03:46:20 + Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now: 5. : : Is

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-26 Thread Vulpes Velox
Not seen this exact error before, but I recently had a mobo go bad that would produce errors with compiles and ect before it would hardlock. It would go flaky under heavy I/O. I tested for it by swapping out the proc and ram. On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:16:23 + Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-26 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:45:06PM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote: : Given the cost of memory these days, swapping it out is generally cheaper : than the cost of random downtime and recovering from crashes in a production : environment. I am *really* not a hardware guy. I just had a box built and

Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad memory? S -DYP -c /usr/src/lib/libc/../libc/net/res_debug.c -o res_debug.o cc -O -pipe -DLIBC_RCS -DSYSLIBC_RCS -I/usr/src/lib/libc/include -D__DBINTERFACE_PRIVATE -DINET6 -DPOSIX_MISTAKE

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad memory? That's a reasonable guess, but the only way to tell for sure is to test it. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Adam Fabian
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 08:16:23PM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: Is this bad memory? If you're not getting the same error every time, it's almost certainly bad hardware, and memory is the most likely candidate. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now : 5. : : Is this bad memory? : : That's a reasonable guess, but the only way to tell for sure is to

RE: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Haulmark, Chris
Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad memory? That's a reasonable guess, but the only way to

RE: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Chuck Robey
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad memory?

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Rob
Chuck Robey wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Matt Emmerton
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now 5. Is this bad

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Matt Emmerton
Chuck Robey wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, 11, and now

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Chuck Robey
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Rob wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get from make buildworld.

Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Chuck Robey
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Matt Emmerton wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is what I get

[OT] Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad?

2004-11-25 Thread Adam Fabian
Does parity RAM reliably report on it's reliability? -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]