These errors are logged in mcelog also - if you are running mcelog! On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 16:12, John Hearns <hear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As Martin Broosk says run memtest. > You can run the user space memtester on circa 90% of the RAM. > Ever better download https://www.stresslinux.org/sl/ > Format a USB stick and boot from it. Then run the memtester utility there. > > On a server I would advise to use the iDrac or BMC and get a list of the > hardware events also. > > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 18:18, James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG < > gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 16:38, Alain D D Williams via GLLUG >> <gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: >> > >> > The message below was put to all login sessions this morning. I have >> never seen >> > this before. There is nothing more in /var/log/messages. >> > >> > The machine is 8 years old, always switched on, AMD 8150 Eight-Core >> Processor. >> > >> > Should I take this as a warning and look to replace the machine or just >> shrug my >> > shoulders & mutter something about cosmic rays ? >> > >> > TIA >> > >> > >> > Message from syslogd@mint at May 22 07:27:09 ... >> > kernel:[Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): L3 data cache ECC error. >> > >> > Message from syslogd@mint at May 22 07:27:09 ... >> > kernel:[Hardware Error]: Error Status: Corrected error, no action >> required. >> > >> >> If this is a one off, I would not worry about it. >> Bits flip occasionally. >> If you are getting it continuously, then power off the box. Reboot it, >> and see if the problem goes away. >> If it is always there, even after a cold power cycle, you have a hardware >> fault. >> >> -- >> GLLUG mailing list >> GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug > >
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