Halon50
11-09-2002, 06:16 AM
I have a Dual P3-450 setup running the regular client at idle priority and the SMB version at normal priority.
Looking through the error logs, I see a lot of interesting errors. I am currently running Memtest86 on it to see if there's a problem with memory, or if it's something more serious.
Here are clips from the log:
[Wed Oct 30 18:59:53 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor.
[Wed Oct 30 19:04:54 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2261337) [58.1%]
[Sat Nov 02 06:21:41 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 06:26:41 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2309757) [21.9%]
[Sat Nov 02 13:50:20 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 13:55:21 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [7.6%]
[Sat Nov 02 15:48:51 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 15:53:51 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2309757) [31.1%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:32:17 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:37:17 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:45:17 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:50:17 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:54:25 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:59:25 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
...
[Sat Nov 09 02:06:53 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 09 02:11:53 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2443281) [75.2%]
[Sat Nov 09 02:25:22 2002] error writing the cache files. will retry again in 10 minutes.
That last error really caught my eye, and is the point at which I stopped the machine altogether to run Memtest.
This machine has had problems with overheating in the past, but only during the summer when ambient temperature rose above 80F or so. Even then, the OS (WinXP) caught the problems and stopped the process threads, effectively halting the cause of overheating until I got to it and rebooted.
Well, I guess I'll come back and post the results of Memtest when it finishes in the morning. Meantime, do you have any suggestions on what else (other than memory or CPU heat) could cause intermittent errors like this?
System info: 440BX dual Pentium 3-450, 384MB RAM (assorted brands), 20GB HD with no errors (last checked 2 days ago).
Looking through the error logs, I see a lot of interesting errors. I am currently running Memtest86 on it to see if there's a problem with memory, or if it's something more serious.
Here are clips from the log:
[Wed Oct 30 18:59:53 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor.
[Wed Oct 30 19:04:54 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2261337) [58.1%]
[Sat Nov 02 06:21:41 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 06:26:41 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2309757) [21.9%]
[Sat Nov 02 13:50:20 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 13:55:21 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [7.6%]
[Sat Nov 02 15:48:51 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 02 15:53:51 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2309757) [31.1%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:32:17 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:37:17 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:45:17 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:50:17 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
[Sun Nov 03 15:54:25 2002] internal computation error [excessive roundoff]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sun Nov 03 15:59:25 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2321025) [32.2%]
...
[Sat Nov 09 02:06:53 2002] internal computation error [mismatched sums]! check your memory/processor. test will restart in 5 minutes.
[Sat Nov 09 02:11:53 2002] restarting proth test from cache (k=27653, n=2443281) [75.2%]
[Sat Nov 09 02:25:22 2002] error writing the cache files. will retry again in 10 minutes.
That last error really caught my eye, and is the point at which I stopped the machine altogether to run Memtest.
This machine has had problems with overheating in the past, but only during the summer when ambient temperature rose above 80F or so. Even then, the OS (WinXP) caught the problems and stopped the process threads, effectively halting the cause of overheating until I got to it and rebooted.
Well, I guess I'll come back and post the results of Memtest when it finishes in the morning. Meantime, do you have any suggestions on what else (other than memory or CPU heat) could cause intermittent errors like this?
System info: 440BX dual Pentium 3-450, 384MB RAM (assorted brands), 20GB HD with no errors (last checked 2 days ago).