From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 18:56:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A5E16A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:56:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D5FD43D64 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:56:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from [192.168.1.250] (pool-68-161-115-118.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.115.118]) by pi.codefab.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iB9IuBgb011547 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:56:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41B89FC7.5020004@mac.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 13:56:07 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olivier Nicole References: <200412090049.iB90ntMx029318@mail.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <200412090049.iB90ntMx029318@mail.cs.ait.ac.th> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on pi.codefab.com cc: akhthar@carmatec.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory problems:-( X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:56:34 -0000 Olivier Nicole wrote: >> I am facing a lot of memory issues with all services in the server. >> Following log will tell you what is the exact problem. > > Have you tried cleaning the contacts on the memory stick? > > Cotton bud and rubing alchool, thooth paste, sliver cleaning paste, > car polish... OK use alchool last to rinse the contacts... That can > help. Especially is the machine has to deal with some difficult > environment, has been moved recently, etc. This is not a bad thought, although simply removing the RAM and reinserting it properly is often enough to reset the memory and wipe the contacts clean of any minor oxidation on the contacts. Toothpaste or other abrasives are excessive, although the notion is amusing. * The right stuff to use is called "electrical contract cleaner", available from Radio Shack or equivalent. It will even revive keyboards after a user dumps a can worth of soda into them. Alcohol is a decent second-choice alternative. -- -Chuck [*]: "Amusing" since this entire reply was prompted by a memory of someone who tried to fix scratched audio CD's using toothpaste...which sometimes even worked, but more often generated some remarkable skipping remixes that would confuse CD players. :-) I'd imagine you could make a good markup reselling ski wax, if you started a rumor on overclocking sites that waxing your RAM would make your computer go faster ("hey! this stuff makes skis and snowboards go faster, right?") Contrary to popular opinion, however, computer memory does not run faster when you apply wax to it. In other words, no car polish.