[Imc-tech] imsahp renewal

[Paul Riismandel]

Thanks Zach!

At 03:04 AM 3/2/2002 -0600, Zachary C. Miller wrote:
>If you were wondering what all the downtime has been about I've just
>been majorly overhauling my server.
>
>1) It crashed with weird memory errors yesterday and has had a few
>other random crashes in the last few weeks. So I thought maybe it has
>bad memory and while I was out on an errand I bought a new 256MB DIMM.
>
>2) I ran a VERY thoughough memory test (the test took about 30 minutes
>to complete) which revealed there in fact was nothing wrong with the
>computer.
>
>3) So hey now I have an extra 256MB in the server for a total of
>640MB. That'll make sound editting more fun for me.
>
>4) When I installed the new memory I found that there was an infinity
>of dust in the chasis. So I vacuumed it out completely (took out each
>card and each fan and filter). I'm thinking that the dust build up
>(which may have led to heat build up) has been part of the problem.
>
>5) I upgraded over 500 software packages so we are running all the
>latest security patches (including PHP) and what such.
>
>Anyway no one needs to care about any of this I just felt the need to
>report my work to someone. :)
>
>--
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