Messages in this thread | | | From | dave b <> | Date | Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:03:33 +1100 | Subject | Re: I do not know if this is the correct place to ask about this but... |
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On 8 February 2011 20:52, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> wrote: > dave b wrote: >> I do not know if this is the correct place to ask about this but... >> >> [Hardware Error]: > > This is a hardware error that was detected by the kernel. > >> I have only seen the following output output twice >> >> ... Corrected error >> ... L3 ECC data cache error. > > There was a wrong bit in your CPU's level 3 cache, but with the help of > the redundant error correction bits, this was caught and corrected.
Yep I got that.
> (If possible, enable background scrubbing of the caches in the BIOS ECC > settings to catch these errors earlier.)
Ok I will look into that.
> If this is an overclocked CPU or one with an unlocked core, you deserve > what you got. Otherwise, if this happens repeatedly, it indicates > a hardware defect, and your warranty should cover this.
Ok fair enough.
Notes: The cpu is not overclocked. I forgot to list the hardware specifications: cpu is a AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor running on a ASUS M4A88TD-M motherboard. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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