aland@infmx.UUCP (Colonel Panic) (07/18/90)
In article <9480@bunny.GTE.COM> jdg0@GTE.COM (Jose Diaz-Gonzalez) writes: >Hi there, > >My machine has been crashing about twice daily for the last week or so. >The msg in the subject line shows up with all the register contents just >before it crashes. I have contacted my vendor, they contacted ISC, and >all they were able to tell me was that it the problem is a hardware >error. On what basis? If they can confidently make such a statement, they should have a clue as to WHICH piece of hardware is the culprit... > Now, I've run my diagnostics (I'm using an AT&T 6386E/33) and >everything appears to be OK. Don't count on it -- those diags aren't very complete. (At least you GOT some -- I'm STILL waiting for the diag disks for the machines we bought in December! I have one set from our sales rep to tide me over...) For example, the don't provide diags for all peripherals, the POST memory diags are hosed, etc. > Does anyone have any idea of what a type >0x0000000E error means? This might help me to narrow down the >alternatives. Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks, I'm no kernel hacker, but I have seen this error when DMA was attempted on two channels simultaneously when DMAEXCL was set at default. Do you use >1 device that uses DMA? (Cartridge drives, caching controllers, etc.) Otherwise, it may help to list all of the hardware in use. >+ Jose Pedro Diaz-Gonzalez Cross-posted to comp.sys.att in case the helpful folks there have add'l info. Followups to comp.unix.i386. -- Alan Denney @ Informix Software, Inc. "We're homeward bound aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland ('tis a damn fine sound!) ----------------------------------------------- with a good ship, taut & free Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. We don't give a damn, If I am caught or killed, the secretary when we drink our rum will disavow any knowledge of my actions. with the girls of old Maui."