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From: Sebas Pedersen <sebasped@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MCE error
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 22:00:18
Message-Id: 186909f7c154ca76e090c46835d90ee3@openmailbox.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] MCE error by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 28-03-2015 06:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > Am 28.03.2015 um 14:58 schrieb Sebas Pedersen:
3 >> Hi guys,
4 >>
5 >> From a few days ago I am experimenting an MCE error.
6 >> Sometimes I turn on the computer and at some point while booting the
7 >> kernel (after the grub menu) just freezes and puts this:
8 >>
9 >> CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: b200000000070f0f
10 >> TSC f5acc9180
11 >> PROCESSOR 2:20fc2 TIME 1427486735 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0
12 >>
13 >> the number for TSC may vary, but the b200000000070f0f it's always the
14 >> same (at least for now). The error message suggest to parse the above
15 >> error with mcelog. I did that and the result was:
16 >>
17 >> Hardware event. This is not a software error.
18 >> CPU 0 4 northbridge TSC f5acc9180
19 >> TIME 1427486735 Fri Mar 27 17:05:35 2015
20 >> Northbridge Watchdog error
21 >> bit57 = processor context corrupt
22 >> bit61 = error uncorrected
23 >> bus error 'generic participation, request timed out
24 >> generic error mem transaction
25 >> generic access, level generic'
26 >> STATUS b200000000070f0f MCGSTATUS 4
27 >> CPUID Vendor AMD Family 15 Model 44
28 >> SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0
29 >>
30 >> The error suggest it's a hardware problem. I replace de RAM with no
31 >> luck. Same error keeps happening.
32 >>
33 >> Any suggestion for identifying the problem or how to procede?
34 >>
35 >> Many thanks in advance!
36 >>
37 >> Sebas
38 >>
39 >>
40 >
41 > bios update/microcode update. A google search suggests that you have
42 > run
43 > into an errata.
44
45 Oh OK, thank you. Must have miss that in the search. So you are saying
46 that the error comes from a bios errata (and don't know what microdode
47 is), and the fix is to update bios?
48
49 I gonna look at asus site see if I can update the bios then.
50
51 Sorry for the silly questions.
52
53 Many thanks for the reply!
54
55 Cheers,
56 Sebas

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Re: [gentoo-user] MCE error Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>