Hi, as Bryan suggested me some time ago, you can try to "upgrade to binutils >=2.17.50.0.15 and risk possible unknown bugs from doing so." I've tried this and the machine seems to be pretty stable (Ok, I had an CTERM hardware failure, but I hope it is related to old hardware malfunction!)... d /* Davide Cittaro HPC and Bioinformatics Systems @ Informatics Core IFOM - Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare via adamello, 16 20139 Milano Italy tel.: +39(02)574303007 e-mail: davide.cittaro@ifom-ieo-campus.it */