Defective L2 cache -- next steps

Fri Dec 17 14:59:26 UTC 2004

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 02:45:02AM -0500, Logan Rathbone wrote:
> After months of mysterious ICEs (internal compiler errors) with GCC, I've finally narrowed down that there's a problem with my computer's L2 cache.  It is a 256 KB cache.
> 
> My question is, what do I do, now that I've detected that there's a problem in my L2 cache which has been causing these problems?  Do I need to replace the part, or is there some kind of program I can run that can test the cache and fix errors?
> 
> Thanks, I appreciate any help! 

If it's defective, you turn it off and live with a somewhat major
performance hit, or you replace it.

What type of cpu?

Lennart Sorensen
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