On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 06:32:49PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Thomas Stromberg wrote:
>
> > 'panic: RAM parity error, likely hardware failure.'
> >
> > This one had me confused at first, because it blamed a RAM parity
> > error. As this is a brand new machine (Gateway GP-800), so I first thought
> > I got a bad batch. Then I realized this only happens with apps that try to
> > do sound stuff.
>
> This is a known problem with all PCI sound cards. It happens most
> often with ECC ram, but it also happens without. What kind of NIC do you
> have, and specifically, is it a PCI card or ISA? We're trying to track
> that bit down too.
I see it with:
mike@gurgle:~$ dmesg | grep vr0
vr0: <VIA VT3043 Rhine I 10/100BaseTX> port 0xb000-0xb07f mem 0xdf800000-0xdf80007f
irq 10 at device 10.0 on pci0
The machine does have ECC ram. If you need more, let me know and I'll give
you what you need...
--
Mike Bristow, seebitwopie
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