Subject: Re: Memory Fault Reported By Kernel
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Jared Smolens <jsmolens+@andrew.cmu.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/22/2000 10:37:19
Excerpts from internet.computing.netbsd.port-pmax: 22-Sep-100 Memory
Fault Reported By Ke.. by Nick Boyce@glimmer.demon 
> Can anyone tell me whether I'd be best advised to have our hardware
> support people swap the RAM out in this machine ?

At least on my /260, whenever I kick or move the machine I start getting
those ECC errors.  Generally I can fix it by pulling all of the memory
modules out, dusting off (compressed air works well) the contacts on the
motherboard and the modules, then firmly re-inserting them.  This
usually works wonders on these machines!

> If so, do the above reported addresses help me figure out which memory
> module is bad ?  (The machine has 32 Mb)

The 1.5Alpha2 release's kernel reports a module number along with the
ECC message.  I'm not sure if it starts counting from zero or one,
however. :)

Cheers,

JCSmolens
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