Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:53:54 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ECC memory error reporting Message-ID: <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030214135928.A2869@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030214070641.GV20271@techometer.net> <xzp7kc3s4ll.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030214135928.A2869@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Friday 14 February 2003 04:59, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:28:54AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes:
> > > Bit clunky, but it does the job (well.. I haven't seen any ECC errors
> > > so it's hard to be sure :)
> >
> > Try sprinkling some iron filings onto your motherboard, just to make
> > sure it works 8)
>
> Alternatively find a surplus hospital Cobalt-60 radiation therapy
> unit. That should give you nice random soft errors on the memory
Or take the machine to Moab for the weekend, that's where a lot of
the Cobalt-60 comes from. It's a lovely place, and you come back
with a nice tan whether the sun shines or not.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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