On Tuesday 14 September 2010 19:16:52 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 09:45 -0700, Grant wrote: > > I'm getting a lot of machine check exception errors in dmesg on my > > hosted server. Running mcelog I get: > > > > # mcelog > > HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! > > [...] > > > Should I just contact the hosting company? Can anyone give me more > > info on what this means? Bad memory? > > They are likely better able to help you if it's a hardware problem.
It reads as if the error correction in one of the RAM modules is kicking in. Ask them to reseat or replace the bad module - which they will have to find by trial and error. They could hot-swap them and see then the errors stop. -- Regards, Mick
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