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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:56:07
Message-Id: lr1bl6$uro$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ECC-ram, it is worth it. by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error
3 > detected on the NB.
4 > [894019.770084] EDAC MC0: 1 CE on mc#0csrow#2channel#0 (csrow:2
5 > channel:0 page:0x2aa6ce offset:0xc60 grain:0 syndrome:0x63e1)
6 > [894019.770090] [Hardware Error]: Error Status: Corrected error, no
7 > action required.
8 > [894019.770098] [Hardware Error]: CPU:0 (10:4:2)
9 > MC4_STATUS[-|CE|MiscV|-|AddrV|CECC]: 0x9c70c00063080a13
10 > [894019.770105] [Hardware Error]: MC4_ADDR: 0x00000002aa6cec60
11 > [894019.770110] [Hardware Error]: cache level: L3/GEN, mem/io: MEM,
12 > mem-tx: RD, part-proc: RES (no timeout)
13 >
14 > and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram.
15 >
16 > Using zfs showed me, that there are errors that the system does not
17 > catch but corrupts data.
18 >
19 > And this evening, with a thunderstorm outside I got that beauty above...
20
21 Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need
22 a special motherboard?

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it. Edward MN <edwardmartinez@×××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it. Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it. Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>