From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Apr 2 9:23:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC47637B400 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g32HNDf43572; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:23:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:23:13 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Source of "processor correctable error"? Message-ID: <20020402192313.A43540@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020401152244.GE41357@cicely8.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from naddy@mips.inka.de on Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 03:07:45PM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 03:07:45PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Bernd Walter wrote: > > > > Warning: received processor correctable error. > > These are most likely main memory errors. > > Indeed one of the SIMMs is bad. Annoyingly this halves the amount > of memory and the memory bus width in the box. > > What are my chances of replacing the faulty SIMM? Can I just > substitute any other 72-pin FP-DRAM 8Mx36 (32MB ECC) 60ns SIMM, or > are all modules required to be exactly alike? SIMMs of this general > type are still available at somewhat unreasonable prices I guess, > but finding one that shares exactly the same organization and God > knows what parameters seems unlikely. In my experience: it tends to work, given decent SIMMs. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands We are FreeBSD. Resistance is futile. Prepare to be committed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message