Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 18:32:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SB Live (or RAM parity?) crash on today's -CURRENT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061831360.31780-100000@dt052n3e.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0007061413500.22502-100000@barracuda.aquarium.rtci.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Thomas Stromberg wrote:
> 'panic: RAM parity error, likely hardware failure.'
>
> This one had me confused at first, because it blamed a RAM parity
> error. As this is a brand new machine (Gateway GP-800), so I first thought
> I got a bad batch. Then I realized this only happens with apps that try to
> do sound stuff.
This is a known problem with all PCI sound cards. It happens most
often with ECC ram, but it also happens without. What kind of NIC do you
have, and specifically, is it a PCI card or ISA? We're trying to track
that bit down too.
Doug
--
"Live free or die"
- State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire
Do YOU Yahoo!?
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061831360.31780-100000>