[CentOS] RAM errors after kernel-update

Tue Oct 6 13:53:48 UTC 2009
Christoph Maser <cmr at financial.com>

Am Dienstag, den 06.10.2009, 15:28 +0200 schrieb Michael Schumacher:
> Hi,
>
> I updated a server yesterday from
>
> "kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen"  to "kernel 2.6.18-164.el5xen"
>
> After rebooting, my message log is flooded every second or so with this error messages:
>
> Oct  6 14:52:20 xenserver1 kernel: EDAC MC0: UE row 0, channel-a= 0 channel-b= 1 labels "-": NON-FATAL recoverable (Branch=0 DRAM-Bank=0 Buffer ID = 0 RDWR=Read RAS=0 CAS=0 NON-FATAL recovera
> ble Err=0x2000 (FB-DIMM Configuration Write error on first attempt))
>
> and
>
> Oct  6 15:17:23 xenserver1 kernel: EDAC MC0: CE row 0, channel 0, label "": Corrected error (Branch=0 DRAM-Bank=0 RDWR=Read RAS=0 CAS=0, CE Err=0x10000 (Correctable Non-Mirrored Demand Data E
> CC))
>
> The machine is a new Tyan S5397 mobo with 16GB Kingston RAM KVR667D2D4F5K2/8G

Simply open an RMA at Kingston they will send you replacement memory.

Chris


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