-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/14 23:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 21:24 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> On 09/06/14 11:35, Bzzzz wrote: >>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:22:25 +1200 Richard Hector >>> <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote: >>> >>>> I assume the RAM needs replacing - is it possible to figure >>>> out which DIMM(s)? >>> >>> Install memtest86+ and boot on it, then leave at least 3 >>> complete cycles to run. >>> >> >> Thanks. >> >> Have created a memtest86+ CD and will try it tomorrow evening >> (need a scheduled time to take it down). >> >> Interestingly, there are no more errors logged for the last day >> and a half ... >> >> Any guesses as to how long these 3 complete cycles will take? >> It's a Sun Fire X2100 M2 (dual core opteron 1218, 2600MHz) with >> 4G of RAM. I haven't run memtest for ages ... > > IIRC one complete standard test with my dual-core Athlon 2.1 GHz 4 > GiB RAM takes more than 1 hour. I guess in 1 day it does around 8 > complete tests, perhaps I run it just during the night in half of a > day. I might be mistaken, but you should expect that you need to > run it for several hours.
Thanks. I'm not sure how long we can afford to leave the machine down; hopefully the error will show up promptly. BTW - it will show an error even if ECC corrects it, right? Richard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTlubqAAoJELSi8I/scBaNbSgH/iXi1PZaVOhg0aTI3HyMwL4k 4ZRwEy0BwWwj3oiVwCq7c9rLISjtIohnqlblbhJ0dEEaYC1lD4EfWfwEA6R/GffI +HGjczNDXjunvQMJUSeOdfoRu8hcysV67CKffLCLsSfAeRkbFLTJ0y6Wa9aTSfhm mHOgmls6vyU+UrQP0rvv2rET/AevKESf727FJwICNaXZYCfZ3CmEBrarztX6hgHn +eYJp3gPDlXhBkLIu8qS0wrnGqNdSDqS135yPWZGPYUghcgIwJRePwVurXt9NIs+ IFT7GtCjTeHeMl90sAalPJMWkxZbpBje0LSHoAZPvQd4NNx1/wWhh+1PV/3CE+w= =9C5Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5396e6eb.4080...@walnut.gen.nz
