Re: what's NMI recieved.
The error message says that I either have a hardware problem, which I doubt or a memoery problem, which I think is the case. Shaya On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Vatiainen Heikki wrote: > There seem to be at least two Debian packages that have some kind of memory > test programs. There's memtest86 in utils/hwtools and memtest in > utils/sysutils. Don't know though if NMI has anything to do with memory. > > Shaya Potter wrote: > [cut] > > know which chips to replace. Is there any program that will do an > > intesive memory check and report if any memory is bad. > > // Heikki > > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's NMI recieved.
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > > > I have been recieving an NMI recieved error on my linux box at school > > recently. It says somehting like "dazed and confused, but trying to > > continue" and it does, but I'd like to fix this. I know some of the > > memory chips are probably bad, and I have replacements, but I want to > > know which chips to replace. Is there any program that will do an > > intesive memory check and report if any memory is bad. > > Yes, gcc on Linux kernel. > > Start by removing as much memory as possible. Leave 8M and compile. Then > insert _another_ set of 8MB and compile. The machine only has 8 meg in it :-(. I like my machine at work better, 48 MB :-) and as many 4 GIG scsi hard drives as I want. > > Just in case, check whether you have Parity or ECC enabled in the BIOS > but no Parity or ECC memory... This is a lowly 486 with none of that just plain 30 pin memory. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's NMI recieved.
> NMI is intel nomenclature for non maskable interrupt, and > it might mean the same under linux. If so, then the kernel > is receiving an interrupt that it doesn't know how to process. > > I haven't hacked kernel code for linux, so I don't know the > terms in use. Am I right? > If its on a PC (and if memory serves correctly)... the NMI should be connected to the parity check on the RAM... -- Ørn Einar Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax; +46 035 217194 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's NMI recieved.
There seem to be at least two Debian packages that have some kind of memory test programs. There's memtest86 in utils/hwtools and memtest in utils/sysutils. Don't know though if NMI has anything to do with memory. Shaya Potter wrote: [cut] > know which chips to replace. Is there any program that will do an > intesive memory check and report if any memory is bad. // Heikki -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's NMI recieved.
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > I have been recieving an NMI recieved error on my linux box at school > recently. It says somehting like "dazed and confused, but trying to > continue" and it does, but I'd like to fix this. I know some of the > memory chips are probably bad, and I have replacements, but I want to > know which chips to replace. Is there any program that will do an > intesive memory check and report if any memory is bad. Yes, gcc on Linux kernel. Start by removing as much memory as possible. Leave 8M and compile. Then insert _another_ set of 8MB and compile. Just in case, check whether you have Parity or ECC enabled in the BIOS but no Parity or ECC memory... ---MAV (finger for PGP signature block) My opinions are my own and only my own. Standard disclaimer applies. Marc A. Volovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linguists do it cunningly -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's NMI recieved.
NMI is intel nomenclature for non maskable interrupt, and it might mean the same under linux. If so, then the kernel is receiving an interrupt that it doesn't know how to process. I haven't hacked kernel code for linux, so I don't know the terms in use. Am I right? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what's NMI recieved.
I have been recieving an NMI recieved error on my linux box at school recently. It says somehting like "dazed and confused, but trying to continue" and it does, but I'd like to fix this. I know some of the memory chips are probably bad, and I have replacements, but I want to know which chips to replace. Is there any program that will do an intesive memory check and report if any memory is bad. Thanks, Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
