From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267750AbUHEO1Y (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:27:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267749AbUHEOXi (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:23:38 -0400 Received: from out006pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.106]:21150 "EHLO out006.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267731AbUHEOTs (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:19:48 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Possible dcache BUG Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:19:44 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.82 References: <200408050031.21366.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200408051133.44684.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: <200408051133.44684.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200408051019.44268.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out006.verizon.net from [141.153.92.242] at Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:19:45 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 05 August 2004 04:33, Denis Vlasenko wrote: >> Well, it has, in the past week, ran memtest86-3a for 12 full >> passes over the whole gig of ram with no errors. This was the >> longest test, I gave it a 2 hour, 5 pass test before I ever booted >> linux the first time on this motherboard over 2 weeks ago now, a >> new Biostar M7NCD-Pro, with an nforce2(3?) chipset. I did that >> because I was comeing from an older board whose memory had been >> overstressed by a failing video card and I wanted to make sure >> this new memory, nearly $210 worth of it, was good. I gave it >> another, probably 4 hour test after the first couple of crashes, >> which it also passed. And it got > >You may use cpuburn to test RAM/CPU too. Setiathome should be doing a pretty good job of that, the cpu is at 100% 99.99% of the time. Only going down for a few seconds as its managing script switches the link to a new data packet directory when its done with the current one. I keep 101 packets cached here. :) >Although I have a memory which, when clocked a bit too high, >pass both memtest86 and cpuburn for extended periods of time, >yet large compile runs die with sig11 sometimes. Using a tiny >bit less aggressive clocking helped. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.24% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.