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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.42.0212061133330.7770-100000@egg> By author: Greg Boyce <gboyce@rakis.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Then buy better ram ;) > > We have a large number of a very small number of machine types. The > OS images installed are identical, and the bioses should be identical > between each individual machine types. > > Since the number of machines reporting this error are pretty small, I > think it's unlikely to be power management, or anything like that. > What you have, then, is a set of defective machines. > > I'll mention it to the people who handle the replacement of hardware, but > from the sounds of this and Dick's e-mail, it's most likely hardware of > some sort or possibly overheating. They can decide if they want to try to > figure out which component is causing the problem, or if they'd prefer to > just replace the faulty machines completely and worry about tracking the > component later. We have plenty of spares in the warehouse. > Indeed. This is the way to do it. FWIW, a lot of PC vendors do extremely limited testing on each machine and effectively use warranty service as a burn-in test. -hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt <amsp@zytor.com> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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