Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs
On Sunday, February 14, 2021 03:22:25 PM Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> Well, there is one other option: replace the motherboard. Given that
> it's becoming increasingly cranky on boot, that might be the way to go.
> We had a power outage the other day, and when I tried to restart the
> machine it would get past the Grub screen, then sit there forever with
> a screen that was blank except for a blinking cursor. It took about
> half a dozen tries before it finally continued the boot process from
> there.
Becaise GRUB is one one of your disks, I'd be suspicious of the disks before
(or at least as much as) the motherboard.
> I seem to recall that this happened last time we had a power
> outage too. For now I think I'll just keep my backups current, and
> come the day it decides not to boot anymore I'll just replace it.
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