On Monday 28 November 2005 03:27 pm, Marcelino Mata wrote: > > Running RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U6 (2.4.21-37.Elsmp) > > I have searched, logged a call with HP and Redhat support and have > turned up nothing. HP says I have memory problems, Redhat says it's a > known non-critical error. > > I am not sure if I am chasing after the correct problem but all six of > my AMD64 HP XW9300 (based off Tyan Thunder K8WE?) with anywhere between > 4-16Gb RAM and two Opteron CPU's get the following errors : > > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: CPU 0: Silent Northbridge MCE > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: Northbridge status 94044100:ac080a13 > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: Error chipkill ecc error > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: ECC error syndrome ac08 > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: bus error local node response, request > didn't time out > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: generic read > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: memory access, level generic > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: link number 0 > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: dram scrub error > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: corrected ecc error > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: previous error lost > Nov 10 17:18:46 node4 kernel: NB error address 000000000126dd40 > > > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: CPU 0: Silent Northbridge MCE > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: Northbridge status a6000001:0005001b > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: Error gart error > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: GART TLB error generic level generic > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: err cpu1 > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: processor context corrupt > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: error uncorrected > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: previous error lost > Nov 14 19:14:16 node4 kernel: NB error address 00000000dffe0038 > > Five of the computers have between 1-30 references to these error > messages in the past 3 weeks. One computer has over 30,000 instances of > these error messages. I am getting the majority of these messages on > computers with >4Gb RAM but I have had the messages on computers with > only 4GB RAM. > > The main reason I am focusing on these messages is that the computers > have crashed numerous times since being put online. The computer with > 30K instances of the error message has crashed about 1-2 times per week. > I am running the latest BIOS. > > I can not turn on diskdump since they have Nvidia SATA controllers (not > support by diskdump) and netdump has not produced anything since during > the kernel crash no data was written ( network driver went down? ). > > Has anyone else seen these messages or have any idea how to identify the > problem? Could my crashes be due to Northbridge errors or am I barking > up the wrong tree. > > Marcelino > > Reference Information below > > lspci information > ----------------- > > 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller > (rev a3) > 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) > 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) > 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) > 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) > 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 > Audio Controller (rev a2) > 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2) > 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller > (rev f3) > 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller > (rev f3) > 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet > Controller (rev a3) > 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > HyperTransport Technology Configuration > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Address Map > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > DRAM Controller > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Miscellaneous Control > 00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > HyperTransport Technology Configuration > 00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Address Map > 00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > DRAM Controller > 00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Miscellaneous Control > 05:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A > IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > 0a:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV41GL [Quadro FX > 1400] (rev a2) > 40:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge > (rev 12) > 40:01.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) > 40:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge > (rev 12) > 40:02.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) > 61:06.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X > Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07) > 61:06.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X > Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07) > 61:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5782 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03) > 80:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller > (rev a3) > 80:01.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller > (rev a3) > > lsmod > ----- > Module Size Used by Tainted: P > nfs 95984 7 (autoclean) > audit 127208 2 (autoclean) > nfsd 86096 8 (autoclean) > lockd 60528 1 (autoclean) [nfs nfsd] > sunrpc 91944 1 (autoclean) [nfs nfsd lockd] > netconsole 19208 0 (unused) > autofs4 16912 2 (autoclean) > tg3 69936 1 > nvnet 71168 1 > sg 37880 0 (autoclean) > sr_mod 17676 0 (autoclean) > ide-scsi 12832 0 > ide-cd 34408 0 > cdrom 33096 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] > keybdev 3104 0 (unused) > mousedev 6728 0 (unused) > hid 21992 0 (unused) > input 7520 0 [keybdev mousedev hid] > ehci-hcd 21200 0 (unused) > usb-ohci 22864 0 (unused) > usbcore 85152 1 [hid ehci-hcd usb-ohci] > ext3 87856 2 > jbd 57088 2 [ext3] > raid0 4368 1 > sata_nv 5116 5 > libata 49352 0 [sata_nv] > mptscsih 43792 0 (unused) > mptbase 50472 3 [mptscsih] > diskdumplib 6548 0 [mptscsih mptbase] > sd_mod 14964 10 > scsi_mod 130124 6 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi sata_nv libata > mptscsih sd_mod] > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > I have seen this on 3 similar setups. We swapped out memory and that resolved it for 2 of them. On the third we had to do a complete swap (memory/mb/ps/cpu) to make them go away. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list