Re: error message, ECC Error
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On Sunday 21 July 2002 02:37 am, David Merrill wrote:
> On Friday 19 July 2002 04:08 pm, 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.
> >
> > > Oh, it's not bootable. :-/
> >
> > take out all but two modules, then keep swapping them to find out
> > which one is bad.
>
> The AlphaServer 800 5/400 requires memory in two banks of four. I tried
> what you suggest, but it will not boot at all w/o having a fully
> populated memory bank. I ordered a new set of four sticks, so I can
> replace whichever is bad, and have three spares for the future.
Remember me? This error is still happening, even with a new set of RAM.
That seems to rule out RAM as the culprit. Someone suggested it must be
the RAM cache. Does that make sense to you folks? Does it sound worth
buying a new CPU to try?
Thanks for your help,
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