I've often found memory testers to be very unreliable...It's worth trying, but you may not be able to prove it without removing it.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: I need some hardware help... I have memtest running now. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: I need some hardware help... I read that as the ECC memory controller on one of the CPUs detecting and correcting a single-bit error. Michael B. Smith wrote: > WTF????? > > > > We all know that hardware is not my strong suit, but today my google-fu > and live-fu isn't getting me anywhere either. > > > > I have an AMD dual-proc dual-core lab server with 16 GB of RAM running > Hyper-V. Today, it slowed down dramatically, and the event log contains > the following entry, about every 3 seconds. > > > > This is all I can find, but I'm not sure it actually applies: > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709262.aspx > > > > Can anyone give me a clue or suggest where I should look? > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > Log Name: System > > Source: Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger > > Date: 12/3/2008 5:40:15 PM > > Event ID: 21 > > Task Category: None > > Level: Warning > > Keywords: > > User: LOCAL SERVICE > > Computer: Win2008-LAB > > Description: > > A corrected hardware error occurred. > > > > Error Source: Corrected Machine Check > > > > Error Type: 27851784 > > > > Processor ID Valid: Yes > > Processor ID: 0x2 > > Bank Number: 4 > > Event Xml: > > <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event";> > > <System> > > <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" > Guid="{c26c4f3c-3f66-4e99-8f8a-39405cfed220}" /> > > <EventID>21</EventID> > > <Version>0</Version> > > <Level>3</Level> > > <Task>0</Task> > > <Opcode>0</Opcode> > > <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> > > <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-12-03T22:40:15.742Z" /> > > <EventRecordID>1593314</EventRecordID> > > <Correlation ActivityID="{2861069E-B2D5-4E09-874D-E45DF21984A7}" /> > > <Execution ProcessID="1228" ThreadID="4308" /> > > <Channel>System</Channel> > > <Computer>Win2008-LAB</Computer> > > <Security UserID="S-1-5-19" /> > > </System> > > <EventData> > > <Data Name="ApicIdValid">1</Data> > > <Data Name="ApicId">0x2</Data> > > <Data Name="MCABank">4</Data> > > <Data Name="MciStat">0x9c6b4000fc080a13</Data> > > <Data Name="MciAddr">0x3d0724d98</Data> > > <Data Name="MciMisc">0xc00b000000000000</Data> > > <Data Name="ErrorType">27851784</Data> > > <Data Name="Length">1730</Data> > > <Data > Name="RawData">435045520102FFFFFFFF03000200000002000000C20600000D281600030C0 8140000000000000 > > . > > {data elided - if it helps, I'm happy to provide} > > . > > </Data> > > </EventData> > > </Event> > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > > > > > > -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
