Messages in this thread | | | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: [HW PROBLEM] Intel I7 MCE. Erratum or not? | Date | Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:58:24 -0600 |
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Giangiacomo Mariotti wrote: > 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!
Which erratum are you talking about? I don't see one in that document that would match this case..
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