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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Zen of Error Messages
 
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Methylethylaldehyde
Oct 23, 2004

BAKA BAKA

bort posted:

This appeared only once in my logs on a Cisco 6500 series switch:
Apr 2 19:09:33.705 CDT: %SYSTEM_CONTROLLER-3-ERROR: Error condition detected: TM_DATA_PARITY_ERROR
Apr 2 19:09:33.705 CDT: %SYSTEM_CONTROLLER-3-EXCESSIVE_RESET: System Controller is getting reset so frequently

Cisco Output Interpreter:
Recommended Action: If this message occured once, it is a Software parity error and then it was probably caused by some external radiation.

:sun: :tinfoil:

Random cosmic rays are responsible for like 30-60% of all random bit flips in RAM. Regular radiation like gamma or beta can also cause this, so if your Cisco is wedged against a coolant tank of unknown provenance, you should probably check that.

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