Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:25:39 +0200 | From | "Jeroen van Rijn" <> | Subject | Re: Request for MCE decode (AMD Barcelona, fam 10h) |
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On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Tony Vroon <tony@vroon.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 16:04 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: >> Ok so you wanted linux-kernel to diagnose your hardware for you? > > I was hoping for some help in narrowing it down, yes. Jeroen's reply was > very helpful, and more among the line of what I was expecting. I have > contacted all vendors involved now, and it looks like the system RAM is > not fully compatible with the mainboard.
I'm happy to see you've got it narrowed down enough.
> With regard to the message, I would suggest an alternate wording like > such: > > A hardware component in your system is failing. > Please contact your hardware vendor(s). > If unsure, contact your CPU vendor first.
Or this: "A hardware component in your system is failing. [insert specific bit if MCE is certain enough about what part] If you can, try to narrow it down by placing it in another mainboard (assuming you have one available), or run [memcheck, another tool]. Then contact the hardware vendor(s) in question, if uncertain, try your CPU vendor first."
> Regards, > Tony V.
Jeroen.
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