[mythtv-users] Is this a failing drive?

Tim Draper veehexx at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 11:22:52 UTC 2011


On 21 November 2011 03:40, Don Brett <dlbrett at zoominternet.net> wrote:
> This is a little off-topic, but it's a new drive on a new Mythbuntu
> installation.  Symptoms are:
>
> -partition table got corrupted (after about 50 hours on the drive); an
> 8-hour low level format got it back
> -the box occasionally freezes-up for a few seconds
> -I see multiple instances of these errors in /var/log/syslog:
>
> Nov 20 09:54:02 zedo kernel: [    6.292384] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted.
> Opts: errors=remount-ro
> Nov 20 09:55:12 zedo kernel: [   81.573425] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted.
> Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
> Nov 20 09:58:51 zedo kernel: [  300.004041] [Hardware Error]: Machine
> check events logged
>
>
>  From /var/log/mcelog, I see multiple entries of this:
>
> mcelog: failed to prefill DIMM database from DMI data
> Kernel does not support page offline interface
> mcelog: mcelog read: No such device
> Hardware event. This is not a software error.
> MCE 0
> CPU 0 4 northbridge
> MISC c008000001000000 ADDR 1844184
> TIME 1321843678 Sun Nov 20 21:47:58 2011
>   Northbridge NB Array Error
>        bit42 = L3 subcache in error bit 0
>        bit43 = L3 subcache in error bit 1
>        bit46 = corrected ecc error
>        bit59 = misc error valid
>        bit62 = error overflow (multiple errors)
>   memory/cache error 'evict mem transaction, generic transaction, level
> generic'
> STATUS dc074c60001c017b MCGSTATUS 0
> MCGCAP 106 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0
> CPUID Vendor AMD Family 16 Model 5
> Hardware event. This is not a software error.
>
>
> I replaced the sata drive cables, disconnected the dvd drive, tried a
> different power supply.  I also tried another drive on the same box (but
> it was an ide) and had no errors.  With a different motherboard...still
> got the "re-mount" errors but none of the "[Hardware Error]" entries.
> Anyone have a suggestion?
>
>
> PS - the hardware is: (everything but the power supply and case is new)
> -ASUS M4A78LT-M AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
> -SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
> -ADATA Gaming Series 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
> Desktop Memory
> -ZOTAC ZT-20203-10L GeForce GT 220 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16
> HDCP Ready Video Card
> -ThermalTake 430 power supply
>
>
>
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i'd try running memtest on that ram first.
ime, ram is the most commonly faulty hardware, especially when new.

i believe most/all linux distro ISO's have a memory test included when
you boot from the image, if not, grab memtest86.


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