Re: 1.3.95 is not stable

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:43:28 +0100 (BST)


On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Matti E Aarnio wrote:

> > I was able to duplicate this crash (with the same 1 bit error in the
> > same place) in a variety of motherboard settings with the common
> > element being enabled external caching. I'm now running (and have
> > about 4 hours of stable uptime) with external caching disabled.
> >
> > Can these crashes be explained by bad external cache?
>
> Yes. Years ago my first 386 machine developed a fault
> at its cache system. Disabling the cache -- by pulling
> out the chips -- did allow the machine to work.
>

If it's still under wantary (sp?) get it replaced (if it's not, try
anyway) (not the old 386, the other one).

> > --
> > steve@miranova.com baur
>
> /Matti Aarnio <mea@utu.fi>
>
Bryn

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