Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265065AbTIDPVO (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:21:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265069AbTIDPVO (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:21:14 -0400 Received: from mail.cpt.sahara.co.za ([196.41.29.142]:14575 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265065AbTIDPVL (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:21:11 -0400 Subject: Re: nmi errors? From: Martin Schlemmer To: "Robert L. Harris" Cc: "Richard B. Johnson" , Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <20030903213417.GT7353@rdlg.net> References: <20030903212038.GQ7353@rdlg.net> <20030903213417.GT7353@rdlg.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1062688292.16818.148.camel@workshop.saharacpt.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 04 Sep 2003 17:11:33 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2237 Lines: 61 On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 23:34, Robert L. Harris wrote: > We ran "memtest" on the machine over the weekend and it completed 3 > times without any problems. Know a better or different test? > You might try to enable all the tests, addresses and set the cache to be always on in memtest. Typical keys pressed is: c - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 Another is goldmemory, which is fairly the same in default setup as memtest with above config, but shareware, not gpl. > > Thus spake Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com): > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what this is? > > > > > > 16:00:09 mailserver kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 31. > > > 16:00:09 mailserver kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to continue > > > 16:00:09 mailserver kernel: Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? > > > 16:00:34 mailserver kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 21. > > > 16:00:34 mailserver kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to continue > > > > > > A coworker put a script on a server which loads up quite afew arrays > > > with pre-set values and then compares the values against arrays. As soon as he > > > kicked off the script I got alot of these in my log files. Not much longer and the > > > machine crashed hard. > > > > > > > Possible bad RAM. > > > > Cheers, > > Dick Johnson > > Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (794.73 BogoMips). > > Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. > > > > :wq! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B > @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu > DISCLAIMER: > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. > > Life is not a destination, it's a journey. > Microsoft produces 15 car pileups on the highway. > Don't stop traffic to stand and gawk at the tragedy. -- Martin Schlemmer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/