Hmmmmmmmmmm, some bit errors in my memory dimms, found with memtest86. Cool util, I believe I will keep it... -dh
Dan Hugo wrote: > > I am seeing some very unstable behavior which I am trying to track down, > and I would really really appreciate some input... > > Here is what I am seeing on this machine: > > Slink install, SMP kernel 2.0.36 > Asus P2B-D MB, 2 PIII/450, 256M ram (2 PC100 128M DIMMs) > IBM 14GXP 14.6G drive, UDMA disabled (part of test...) > > Stable for some time, then suddenly you name it, it crashed. I have > also attempted to run the slink installed kernel (single processor,etc), > and see similar results. > > One test I perform to see a failure is to move a file from my /home to > /tmp > gunzip file.gz; gzip file; gzip -t file.gz > > I run this loop anywhere from 5 to 20 times, no problems, but > eventually, I will get a bad crc. This tells me that I am headed for > trouble. > > On some reboots, I get a mess of errors, others no problem. Netscape > 4.61 runs great, or crashes before a window is even drawn. Lots of > segfaulting, or stable operation for a while. > > I have JUST upgraded to slink, and at the same time upgraded to this new > MB with lots of memory, and a new hard drive. SO, I am attempting to > isolate the problem. > > I was suspicious that this drive (7200 RPM, UDMA) was either overheating > crammed between a floppy and a sparq drive (so I moved it in my case) or > failing due to some UDMA problems (so I disabled UDMA in bios). > > I disabled MPS 1.4 support in the bios. > > I installed kernel 2.2.1 from the stable slink (r2?) from a debian site > (original install from lsl cds, BTW). > > I still see weird behavior. > > I have noticed, though, that my aging power supply sometimes needs some > coaxing to power up from shutdown (perhaps fluxuating power supply > problems?), or it could be a marginal memory cell/row/column/chip. I > have had the memory almost filled up with tons of stuff running, with no > problems, but who knows. > > Does anyone have any experience with this sort of flakiness? I grabbed > memtest from a link on freshmeat.net and built it, and am about to > explore that, I have a fan blowing right on the board in case it was > overheating in some way, and I am running out of other ideas... > > Any input greatly appreciated! > Thanks > Dan Hugo > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null