RE: Hardware Error Kernel Mini-Summit

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Mon Jun 14 2010 - 16:21:57 EST


>- In practice it works even without silk screen labels.
>- The current EDAC code displays which DIMMS you have plugged
> in so you can tell if you unplug one, if it was the DIMM
> you were aiming at.

Potentially some unnecessary reboot cycles needed:
- power off, pull a DIMM, power on, check with EDAC
- repeat until you get the right DIMM

This also assumes that you can unplug just one DIMM. Some
motherboards require pairs of DIMMs to be added/removed together.

-Tony
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