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On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 15:38, Kevin wrote: |
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> Ok. Thanks for the suggestion. But what about this: Dell has a utility |
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> partition and some programs for doing exhaustive testing of all the |
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> hardware in the server. If I run the most thorough set of tests |
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> available in this utility partition and I get a clean bill of health, |
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> is that a reliable indication that there are no hardware problems? Or |
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> does memtest86 do testing that's more exhaustive than most such utility |
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> suites? |
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I think the Dell suite would be more extensive. |
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> If the utility partition testing says all is well (I've done it several |
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> times in the last month or so, though maybe not the most extensive |
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> tests), what's the next place to look for an explanation of why this |
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> MCE is happening in Gentoo but not in SuSE? |
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Are you sure that it isn't MCE *causing* these problems? Have you tried |
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turning it off and seeing if you still have the same kinds of problems? |
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