Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Athlon64 + Nforce4 MCE panic | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:44:05 +0100 |
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Ar Iau, 2006-07-13 am 09:01 +0200, ysgrifennodd Rumi Szabolcs: > # echo 'CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004 Bank 4: b200000000070f0f' | mcelog --ascii --k8 > HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! > Please contact your hardware vendor
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It prints this bit for a reason
MCE almost always occurs because your processor detected an internal inconsistency, in this case a parity error. So you almost certainly have a real hardware problem.
Fixing it tends to depend on the system. With bigger servers you usually find that the MCE info produces the correct response because the server people actually understand use and care about MCEs even in other-os.
For random cheap desktop PC systems it can be more fun, reporting an MCE is as likely to cause them to send you a new monitor as any other part unfortunately 8)
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