From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S0g5n-00054p-RM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:20:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8083EE0A62; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F08E1057 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:18:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so1194545wib.40 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:18:30 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.180.86.198 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.86.198; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.180.86.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=markknecht@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=markknecht@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.86.198]) by 10.180.86.198 with SMTP id r6mr90475wiz.22.1330031910341 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:18:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=v7jCCKWsDWojMdlOL0AHeW5PY9syi3SbLK699LzrKSc=; b=TpRFDtWE/Ndqh0nuYasCTvFoh0RAzU2QrlVG8pRBESrrZOFr7uGaZeOxp2BlbcXpoz 21tdTVLZpGTNUMUVf3UprQV4Y85VhyUPwhvE2D8wRfEVmvEyyK60YJWKKhHXF0YI9d+a 9t8/VGyuxToDPBVV8VTxn5W4Q21YABzfnCkJg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.86.198 with SMTP id r6mr72455wiz.22.1330031910295; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:18:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.4.154 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:18:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:18:29 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc fails and then succeeds - definitely a problem? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: d11cb20e-135a-4bc3-b6c7-b702829264bd X-Archives-Hash: 1e3b3d8a52f30673432b8070fa787c80 On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Grant wrote: > > mprime ran for about 1.5 hours until it found this: > > [Work thread Feb 23 13:04] FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less t= han 0.4 > [Work thread Feb 23 13:04] Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt = file. > [Work thread Feb 23 13:04] Torture Test completed 85 tests in 1 hour, > 33 minutes - 1 errors, 0 warnings. > [Work thread Feb 23 13:04] Worker stopped. > [Main thread Feb 23 13:04] Execution halted. > > I have a 1200 watt Corsair power supply and my temps are very low even > during the stress test so I'm thinking bad (Corsair) RAM. =C2=A0I should > remove modules one at a time and re-test to narrow it down? > > - Grant > If it's a modern machine then most of the memory channels are 2 or even 3 DIMM's wide. Consult you manual as to whether you can run less than pairs or DIMMS. If you have 4 DIMM's installed then I'd consider removing two, testing two, testing the other two, and then if you see a problem testing all the combinations until you figure out which one is causing the error. Good luck, Mark