Re: [OT] kernel panic; I/O error -- hardware failure?

[nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:31:42PM +0100, steef insinuated:
> On Monday 10 January 2005 19:36, nori heikkinen wrote:
> <...>
> 
> 
> le kernel paging request<1>
> >
> > et cetera.
> >
> > HOWEVER, then, it boots just fine!  i'm skeptical as to how long it will
> > stay up, since it just died by itself on friday ... but this appears to
> > be working for now, with just one 256M stick of memory in there.
> >
> > i guess the longer-term solution is to get new memory?  hmm.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > </nori>
> guess so, but i am not yet completely convinced, the effects of broken
> memory-sticks can take many different forms.
> 
> good luck,

thanks!

after a bit more memtesting and hard drive testing, though, it looks for
all the world like this is a motherboard error.  the drives are fine;
the memory is fine (according to memtest86, at least) -- broken
capacitors!  :(  a new mobo's on its way.  this better fix it.

thanks again,

</nori>

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