Getting a lot of errors on FC4

[Kam Leo]

On 7/17/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 17:00 -0600, Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> > Hi, I'm not sure my last email made it to the list since I'm not home and
> > I'm using a webmail so I'll repost it.
> >
> > I have a machine with FC4 that's getting a lot of errors, segfaults and
> > stuff like that.
> >
> > This machine had done this about 3-4 months ago when it was running FC3 and
> > that's why it was upgraded to FC4. Could it be a hardware problem?
>
> Uh, yeah.
>
> > Anybody has an idea what could be causing the problem?
>
> Several possibilities.  First, if you can, open the box and reseat
> EVERYTHING (PCI cards, RAM, and if you want to risk it, the CPU(s) as
> well).  Also boot off your rescue CD or CD1 and run memtest86 to see if
> you have a flaky memory cell somewhere.
>
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While you're at it, blow out and vacuum the accumulated dust,
especially around the power supply, heat sink(s) and fans.