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Re: error message, ECC Error



On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 02:59:53AM +0200, Joel Kociolek wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 05:08:29PM -0400, Tom Vier wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:48:56PM -0400, david@lupercalia.net wrote:
> > > I am getting an error today on my AlphaServer 5/400. It says
> > > "Uncorrectable ECC error" and lists some vectors. Any clue whether
> > > this ECC error means a RAM error?
> > 
> > yes.
> 
> Not always true. I have an Alphaserver 1000 4/266 which does
> "Uncorrectable ECC errors" with the generic 2.4 Woody kernel, but works
> fine with the generic 2.2 one or with a homemade 2.4.

i'd bet your ram is bad and it just happens that the woody kernel triggers
it.

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Tom Vier <tmv@comcast.net>
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