Re: Dead CPU?
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 01:34:14AM +0000, Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 10:00 +0100, johnfwhite@wanadoo.fr wrote:
> > Morning fellow afficianados,
> >
> > I know this is not a sparc forum but...
> >
> > On shutdown last night I got messages saying
> >
> > (cpu0) correctable ECC error
> >
> > On reboot , the prom memory check is OK but on 'mapping the kernel'
> > the process hangs after 1 - 2 secs
> >
> > The model is a 248Mhz U30 1996 model so is a bit aged.
> >
> > Do I have a dead CPU? :(
> >
> > Any advice gratefully received....
>
> Sounds like memory that is either dead or dying.
Or like a PROM battery which is nearly empty.
I had similar problems with a U10, which grew worse (after a while, it would get
past the OpenBoot firmware and eventually, it wouldn't even do anything at all
anymore). I could get a second U10 for free and I just replaced the main board
of my U10 with the new main board (after a firmware upgrade). CPU, RAM etc are
still from the original U10 and the machine is now still functioning well.
So, you could also try to replace the PROM chip or the main board.
Good luck.
Admar
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