Todd Pearsall wrote:
Every 24 to 48 hours I get a hard crash on my Myth Backend:
kernel: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004
kernel: Bank 4: b200000000070f0f
Kernel panic: CPU context corrupt
My reseach pointed to a likely hardware issue, so one at a time I
tried the following:
- swap RAM with a known "good" chip
- swap RAM with a different known "good" chip
- ran memtets86 for a week (no failures)
- moved around the PCI cards
- swapped video cards
- tried different PVR500 cards
- swapped CPUs
- kernal updates to 2.6.12
After each change the system still crashed with the exact same error.
More research pointed to a potential issue with the nVideo chipset and
DMA. I then set the system to boot with no DMA and it is rock solid.
The only problem is that 3 or 4 PVR500 recordings and a stream or two
leave the system in a 50% cpu wait state due to the slow disk.
I'm having a hard time believing there is a DMA issue with the nVideo
chipset and there is virtually no discussion of it, so I assume it's
something hardware related to the disk.
Next I'm planning to pull the CDROM and swap the IDE cables. Does
anyone have other ideas I should try? I've been holding off on:
- a power supply swap since I don't have a big enough spare and would
hate to spend the money for a "test".
- drive swap since it will be a pain
- motherboard swap since it will be an expensive test
BTW, it is an ABIT NF8 motherboard that I am otherwise very happyy with.
My money is on the mobo. I went through 3 of them before I found one
that was compatible with my PVR 350.
I would get 12-24 hour lock-ups just like you.
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Jesse Guardiani
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