-->"Chris" == Chris Newport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If the instability affects a 300 Mhz UII module (typically in an >> U10 or an U5), then it might very well be faulty hardware. A lot >> of modules fitting that description suffered serious cache >> problems ; the symptoms were transient uncorrectable failure in >> the L2 cache, resulting in a kernel panic.
Chris> The Ecache problems only affected 400MHz Ultrasparc II Chris> modules as used in Enterprise systems. 300 MHz modules were Chris> not affected. UltrasparcIIi modules as used in the Ultra 5/10 Chris> were not affected. We had large numbers of U10s installed on desktops in my previous organisation. We didn't use the 300MHz CPUs, found the 333MHz CPU modules to be stable and the 440MHz were good for about a year of 24/7 and then they'd start to fail. fwiw, d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]