Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Jun 19 16:04:54 CDT 2012
I don't have any issue with my boot disk being raid1, but it seems you're fixing your issue... happy times. -Francisco http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... Let Apple know you want turn by turn on your iPhone 4! https://plus.google.com/112803888444646122406/posts/HmQej9pHZQM <http://db.tt/JeXURAx> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:27 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > I have used Memtest64 dozens of times over the years. Yes any single "can > I access the memory at all" test only takes a "little while", however to do > the full set of tests (adjacent bits, patterns and so forth) is not fast. > > Furthermore the memory is ECC memory anyway. I have no idea what > Memtest86 is going to do with that. If there is an occasional error the > ECC circuitry is supposed to handle it automatically and not even report it > to MemTest86. > > I believe that the issue is probably a disk dying. Now when it blue > screens it fails to post, giving errors about talking to SATA channel 3. > > It seems I was silly enough to try and use an SSD for my boot disk. I > have migrated the boot to a rotating disk and am back to work. The only > way I will know is if the blue screens stop occurring. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > > On 6/19/2012 2:02 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote: > >> LOL, >> well Ram is fast, and it doesn't take that long to run a test (be it >> 64gb >> or not) the cycle test is what can take some time, but a few hours would >> suffice for letting you know if there are any errors. you only really >> need >> to do the full cycles if you want to ensure that it's fully burned in, >> something you've already taken care of. >> >> http://forum.notebookreview.**com/notebook-dummy-guide-** >> articles/142746-testing-your-**ram-memtest86.html<http://forum.notebookreview.com/notebook-dummy-guide-articles/142746-testing-your-ram-memtest86.html> >> (steps for memtest+) >> >> Memtest86+ is very easy to use. All you need to do is: >> >> 1. Download the file. I'm going to walk through using the "Pre-Compiled >> >> Bootable ISO (.zip)" file. You can get that from this >> page<http://www.memtest.org/#**downiso <http://www.memtest.org/#downiso>> >> . >> 2. Unzip the file. There's only 1 file in there, called >> "memtest86+-X.YY.iso" >> 3. Burn the ISO file to CD. This is the potentially tricky part. An ISO >> >> file is a disc image, and cannot be burned directly to a CD. Your CD >> recording tool should have an option like "Burn image to CD" or >> something >> like that. If you can't find it, you can try the free ISO >> Recorder<http://isorecorder.**alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.**htm<http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm> >> >powertoy. >> >> After you burn the CD, if you put it back in the drive and see >> the file "memtest86+-X.YY.iso" listed, you've done it wrong >> 4. Shut down your computer completely, then unplug it. *DO NOT DO THIS >> IN SLEEP OR HIBERNATE MODE!!!* >> 5. I recommend testing the modules one at a time, so if one is bad, >> it's >> >> easy to know which one! Take out all but one of the RAM modules. >> 6. Plug in the computer, put the CD in the drive and reboot. Make sure >> >> it boots off the CD, not the hard drive. You should see a blue screen >> with >> a green bar on the top that says: "Memtest86+". There are screen shots >> on >> the memtest86+ web site <http://www.memtest.org/#**screen<http://www.memtest.org/#screen>> >> so you can get >> an idea. >> 7. Now, you wait for the test! The test will *run forever* until you >> >> stop it. You should run it for at least 1 full pass, more if you have >> the >> time. >> 8. Once the test is done for that RAM module, shut down, unplug, take >> >> out the module you just tested, put in the new one, and test again. >> >> >> >> so not a lot of time, and iirc the test will tell you wich bank failed if >> there is an error (but if you don't know your board well enough testing >> one >> at a time will save headaches). >> >> >> >> -Francisco >> http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... >> Let Apple know you want turn by turn on your iPhone 4! >> https://plus.google.com/**112803888444646122406/posts/**HmQej9pHZQM<https://plus.google.com/112803888444646122406/posts/HmQej9pHZQM> >> >> <http://db.tt/JeXURAx> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:54 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>** >> wrote: >> >> Yea, and I am going to do that. With 64 gigs of memory it will be more >>> than "a few hours"! ;) >>> >>> It may be that the problem was a SSD which died Monday morning. >>> >>> >>> John W. Colby >>> Colby Consulting >>> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>> when you do not believe in it >>> >>> >>> On 6/19/2012 9:17 AM, Francisco Tapia wrote: >>> >>> if you have some time, you can test the RAM easily by just downloading >>>> the >>>> memtest application to a cd rom boot to it let it run for a few hours, >>>> if >>>> it's ram related it'll show up in the monitor. >>>> >>>> http://www.memtest.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -Francisco >>>> http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... >>>> Let Apple know you want turn by turn on your iPhone 4! >>>> https://plus.google.com/****112803888444646122406/posts/****HmQej9pHZQM<https://plus.google.com/**112803888444646122406/posts/**HmQej9pHZQM> >>>> <https://plus.**google.com/**112803888444646122406/posts/**HmQej9pHZQM<https://plus.google.com/112803888444646122406/posts/HmQej9pHZQM> >>>> > >>>> >>>> <http://db.tt/JeXURAx> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:53 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>* >>>> *** >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> My SQL Server blue screens about once a month or so. It does not >>>> appear >>>> >>>>> to be heat related, or at least CPU heat related as I have top flight >>>>> HSFs >>>>> which hold the temps below 35 C. The temps in the case stay around >>>>> that >>>>> temperature or below. The blue screens appear to be SQL Server >>>>> related, >>>>> as >>>>> they seem to be triggered by my doing something in SSMS. This last >>>>> time >>>>> I >>>>> started an update query and it immediately blue screened, by which I >>>>> mean I >>>>> clicked start (the query) and the blue screen occurred. >>>>> >>>>> This is an AMD dual cpu server, both CPUs populated. 32 gigs ECC RAM >>>>> on >>>>> each side. Being a server there is no overclocking. There is a lot >>>>> going >>>>> on hardware wise however. I use an Areca 16 port RAID controller, >>>>> RAID 6 >>>>> arrays built from 1 tb WD black drives. I am using SSDs to create a >>>>> Raid1 >>>>> array hosting several of my Read Mostly databases. The specific update >>>>> that caused the blue screen was not on SSD however, it was on the Areca >>>>> rotating media raid 6. >>>>> >>>>> I am at a loss on how to troubleshoot. It "feels" like it must be a >>>>> memory problem, and yet the memory is ECC. Perhaps I have a bad DIMM >>>>> which >>>>> just flakes out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> John W. 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