Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:21:58 +0100 | | From | "Giangiacomo Mariotti" <> | | Subject | [HW PROBLEM] Intel I7 MCE. Erratum or not? |
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Hi everyone, Mcelog just logged on my new Intel I7 920 (on Linux 2.6.27.8) this : MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 6 MISC 202d ADDR ffeef740 MCG status: MCi status: Error overflow Uncorrected error MCi_MISC register valid MCi_ADDR register valid Processor context corrupt MCA: Generic CACHE Level-2 Data-Write Error STATUS ee0000000100014a MCGSTATUS 0 I'm reporting this here, because I found in the Intel I7 Technical Specification November 2008 update that something which seems very similar is in fact an erratum. So my question is : Is there any way for me to verify that my problem is due to one of those errata,instead of a broken hardware(if we don't want to consider all those errata as broken hardware)? I'm also reporting this because I thought it may be useful to signal that(if actually due to those errata) these problems actually occur, so it may be useful to find workarounds in the kernel to not scare to death poor Linux users!
If you need more infos, just tell me.
Thanks,
Giangiacomo
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