Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!styx!twg-ap!amdahl!nsc!nsta!instable!amos From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: 4.2 \"soft ecc\" errors Message-ID: <367@instable.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 09:57:25 EDT Article-I.D.: instable.367 Posted: Thu Sep 25 09:57:25 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Sep-86 18:47:48 EDT References: <4073@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir) Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd. Lines: 20 In article <4073@brl-smoke.ARPA> root@LBL-CSAM.arpa writes: >HELP, please! > >I am running a VAX 751, with 2.0 MB of TRENDATA memory. I recently >moved from 4.1 to 4.2 OS. Ever since, I get the following error >message at about 10 minute intervals: > > mcr0: soft ecc addr xxx syn yy We also had these messages; every now and then, the ecc error occurs in a translation buffer, and the system crashes (that's why we call it 'instable'). Last week we replaced a NS memory board by a DEC board, and didnt have any such message any more. -- Amos Shapir National Semiconductor (Israel) 6 Maskit st. P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel (01-972) 52-522261 34.49'E 32.10'N