Re: [gentoo-amd64] mce log errors

[Deedra Waters]

Is there a way to test that fact? I've tried to work with lm_sensors,
but the readings for that are way way off. So, considering  lm_sensors
isuseless is there another way to tell if overheating is the problem?

The case itself has a lot of fans, but it's also got 5 harddrives in it.
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:

> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:39:48 -0500
> From: Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@g.o>
> Reply-To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] mce log errors
>
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 14:56 -0600, Deedra Waters wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I'm getting a lot of these, but it only seems to happen when i put the
> > machine under a lot of stress, and even then it's not always happening.
> > This machine is a duel opteron 242, the board is an asus k8, and with
> > the latest bios update, the machine has  no real problems at all.
> >
> > MCE 1
> > CPU 0 4 northbridge TSC 8f1a7b270b6f
> > ADDR 75c3320
> >   Northbridge ECC error
> >   ECC syndrome = 62
> >        bit32 = err cpu0
> >        bit46 = corrected ecc error
> >   bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out
> >       generic read mem transaction
> >       memory access, level generic'
> > STATUS 9431400100000813 MCGSTATUS 0
> > MCE 2
> > CPU 0 2 bus unit TSC 8f8ad2325db7
> >   L2 cache ECC error
> >   Bus or cache array error
> >        bit46 = corrected ecc error
> >        bit62 = error overflow (multiple errors)
> >   bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out
> >       prefetch mem transaction
> >       memory access, level generic'
> > STATUS d000400000000863 MCGSTATUS 0
>
> CPU cache is getting ECC errors.  Smells like overheating.
>
> Daniel
>

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