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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: syslog full of kernel BUGS, frequent intermittent instability
To: coyote1@cytanet.com.cy (wyleus)
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:44:39 +0000 (GMT)
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> My recently installed Mandrake 9.0 has been unstable since day one.
> The syslog is full of kernel BUG lines (see below), the crashes are
> frequent, and I don't know how to reproduce them - recognize no
> pattern to them.

[snip]

Since you have eliminated a lot of the hardware, I would check whether
the PSU is working correctly, if necessary by swapping in a spare one
for a day or two.

The easiest way to exercise the machine is probably to do kernel
compiles in a loop.  Memtest will exercise the memory, but not
particularly exercise the CPU.

John.
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