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From: wolfgang@sunspot.nosc.mil (Lewis E. Wolfgang)
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Subject: re. Problem with SS1
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 10 Apr 90 17:40:14 GMT
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Isidore reports a SparcStation 1 crashing with /usr/adm/messages muttering
something about "BAD TRAP" and "Data fault".

I have seen similar problems on one of our SparcStations that was traced
to a bad SIMM memory module.  For some unknown reason the memory error is
not trapped and reported as a memory problem, violating in the process,
Wolfgang's Principle of Least Astonishment!

Good Luck,
lewie
wolfgang@nosc.mil