Turns out one of the 256MB memory cards was defective (we have 1GB total).
Thanks for the info.
Bob
Original message follows:
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I received a great deal of error messages this past Sunday in
/var/adm/messages like the following:
Jan 17 18:03:45 harrell vmunix: WARNING: too many Processor corrected errors
det
ected on cpu 0. Reporting suspended.
When I did the "dia -R | more", I got this:
DECevent V2.3
******************************** ENTRY    1 ********************************
Logging OS                        2. Digital UNIX
System Architecture               2. Alpha
Event sequence number           107.
Timestamp of occurrence              17-JAN-1999 18:03:45
Host name                            harrell
System type register      x00000016  AlphaServer 4000 Series
Number of CPUs (mpnum)    x00000002
CPU logging event (mperr) x00000000
Event validity                    1. O/S claims event is valid
Event severity                    3. High Priority
Entry type                      100. CPU Machine Check Errors
CPU Minor class                   3. Bcache error (630 entry)
stdin
System Revision           x00000000
Machine Check Reason          x0086  Alpha Chip Detected ECC Err, From
B-Cache
                                     (Registers Contain Invalid Data)
                                     (NO Correctable Errors in EI STAT)
Ext Interface Status Reg  xFFFFFFF004FFFFFF
                                     Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
Ext Interface Address Reg xFFFFFF00395FAB3F
                                     Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
Fill Syndrome Reg         x00000000000000F4
                                     Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
Interrupt Summary Reg     x0000000100200000
                                     Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
WHOAMI                    x00000000  Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
--IOD REGISTERS FOLLOW--
Base Addr of Bridge       x0000000000000000
                                     Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
Dev Type & Rev Register   x00000000  Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
MC Error Info Register 0  x00000000  Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
MC Error Info Register 1  x00000000  Register Contents Not Valid For This
Error
****************************************************************************
***********************
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Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 20:29:32 NZDT