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["Eric Osborne" <eosborne@cisco.com>]

Bus errors are almost always software.  Call TAC and do what they tell
you.  We should never crash due to lack of IO mem, but it's certainly
possible that that's a bug.

And http://www.infoplease.lycos.com/ipd/A0548232.html seems to suggest
that myths are, in fact, not true...:)



eric

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Roger Clark Williams [mailto:rogerw@nordlink.com] 
 > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:01 AM
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 > Subject: Fwd: [MPLS-OPS]: Problem in the Router
 > 
 > 
 > Reddy, it is a common myth (and myths are often truth) that 
 > 95% of all computer problems are hardware issues, the 
 > physical world taking its toll. Reseating memory and modules 
 > is certainly where I would start. It doesn't cost much to do 
 > that. Make sure the inside of the case is not dusty or 
 > dirty, that the fans are working and there are no 
 > obstructions around the case. None of this costs any money, 
 > and I would certainly do that before throwing money at the 
 > box. I had a 3600 in my teaching lab that was showing no 
 > interface when I could see the card was there. The little 
 > screws were loose but the card was fully in its slot. I 
 > pulled and reseated the card, tightened the screws, and the 
 > interface appeared.
 > 
 > There is a cartoon in our local paper that occasionally has 
 > a computer person appear. He is dressed as a wizard, 
 > probably because what he does all looks like magic. 
 > Sometimes I believe that too, as there seems to be no other 
 > explanation. Good luck.
 > 
 > Roger Williams
 > 
 > 
 > 
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 > 	From: reddy <koduru_reddy@yahoo.co.in>
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 > 	Hi all,
 > 	 
 > 	In my routers from the couple of days I am facing some 
 > problem..two of 3600 series routers gets rebooted 
 > automatically..after that in the show version i am getting 
 > the following error.
 > 	 
 > 	" System returned to ROM by bus error at PC 0x0, address 0x0 "
 > 	
 > 	the feedback of the  tech-support output from cisco is
 > 	
 > 	TRY THIS: Try reseating the hardware for location 
 > 'elements', before replacing  it.
 > 	
 > 	but  one export has suggested to increase the I/O mem .
 > 	
 > 	Can u please suggest me how to fix the problem.
 > 	
 > 	rgds,
 > 	
 > 	Reddy.
 > 	
 > 	 
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