From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271657AbTGRAYN (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:24:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271659AbTGRAYN (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:24:13 -0400 Received: from CPE-144-137-15-28.vic.bigpond.net.au ([144.137.15.28]:44259 "EHLO lnk.wurley.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271657AbTGRAYA (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:24:00 -0400 From: "Deon George" To: Alan Cox CC: Eran Mann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: please help - kernel OOPS Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:38:38 +1000 Message-Id: <20030718003838.M79515@wurley.net> In-Reply-To: <1058395864.7678.5.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> References: <20030716120856.M31641@wurley.net> <1058368734.6633.21.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030716223431.M85416@wurley.net> <1058395864.7678.5.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 1.81 20021127 X-OriginatingIP: 202.81.18.30 (deon) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan/Eran, Thanks for your TIPS - I'm thinking that it is the memory being the problem. I download and run memtest86 v3 and I have many errors (25-35) when it run test #3 and test #4 (I'm just memtest86 without any configuration). Given that this is the 2nd (different) type of memory Ive tried - I'll get my supplier to give me something else and hopefully that'll fix the Ooopss.. Thanks for your tips! ...deon On 16 Jul 2003 23:51:04 +0100, Alan Cox wrote > On Mer, 2003-07-16 at 23:34, Deon George wrote: > > G'day Alan, > > > > I was wondering if it was a memory issue. > > memtest86 should help find this out, as should going into the BIOS and > setting "safe settings" then seeing if its stable. > > > Who makes the the memory that you are using? (I guess you have problems with the > > V8000 too right?) > > I'm using micron RAM I think. > > > > Are you within power budget for your system if its a tiny little PSU > > > brick ? > > > > Are you thinking that the power supply could be the cause of the problem? > > I don't know but you mention it occurs when the disks are very active - > that could be DMA/RAM loading or power ...deon Wurley Solutions --- _--_|\ | Deon George / \ | \_.--.*/ | v | This email coming to you from the 'burbs of Melbourne, Australia.