Re: server crash...

[Indraneel Majumdar <indraneel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

please move this to LIH

check if the RAM socket has become loose. Change the RAM to another unused
socket. This problem does occur if you remove and replace the memory cards
many times. Also clean the groove of the socket.

\Indraneel

On 17 Nov 2000 surenk@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi all,   
> 
> I am running RH 6.2 on a PIII processor with a server mother board. 
> 
> It crashes very often with the message 
> 
> Null pointer dereference error... memory address.. 
> 
> kernel panic.... blah blah.... (i can give the exact text if it could be of
> any help)
> 
> Initially i found one of the memory chip (it was 64 + 64 MB) was faulty so i
> replaced it... and now i have done this so many times whenever i try a
> different chip the server crashes only once in  few days  but after a couple
> of weeks it crashes several times a day all of a sudden.   and again when i
> change the chip it works better for a week or so.. 
> 
> Can anybody suggest/direct me...?

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