Messages in this thread | | | From | "Daniel J Blueman" <> | Subject | Re: APIC error interrupr on CPU | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2000 11:52:41 -0000 |
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Hi Rainer,
I've occasionally experienced similar errors on my Abit BP6. I think this is due to the main Intel BX (or equivalent) chip getting hot (mine hangs around upto 52C!). This would tie in quite well with reports of people running non-overclocked processors, but getting errors.
IMHO, the (possible) reason for the Abit BP6 giving these errors, is that the BX chip gets even hotter due to a small area of voltage regulators nearby which churn out quite a bit of heat - the iBX chip is known to become flaky at >50C, and being a plastic BGA package heat dissipation is low anyway.
Try cooling this instead of your processors. Does anyone know how to tell is it's the local APIC or the one in the iBX main chip?
Dan __________________________ Daniel J Blueman Undergraduate - BSc Computing Science UMIST university - Manchester Direct line: 0161 933 3569 Mobile: 07775 583766 Email: daniel.j.blueman@stud.umist.ac.uk SMS: daniel.j.blueman@sms.genie.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Mager" <rvm@gol.com> To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 4:21 AM Subject: Re: APIC error interrupr on CPU
> Hi all, > > I've received a few replies regarding my APIC errors (thanks!!). > Basically everyone has said that these are "non-lethal" and usually caused > by overclocking or by motherboards that aren't designed for the CPU speed > that is running. Of course this is possible but in my case I am not > overclocking and (according to the marketing) my MB is designed for my CPUs > (PIII 600s). > I suppose I can live with these messages, especially if they do prove to > be non-lethal, but I would much prefer to "fix" the problem if that is > possible. One possible solution that was given to me was to increase > cooling. My CPUs are currently running at around 49 deg C right now. My > understanding is that this is well within reasonable range. If I cooled > these more, is it truly likely these errors will decrease? > Another solution that was presented was adding the boot param, > "nmi_watchdog=0". Can anyone explain what this is, what it does, and if it > is a good idea or not? > > Thanks for the continued assistance, > > --Rainer > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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