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On 28-03-2015 07:37 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am 28.03.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Sebas Pedersen: |
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>> On 28-03-2015 06:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>>> Am 28.03.2015 um 14:58 schrieb Sebas Pedersen: |
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>>>> Hi guys, |
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>>>> |
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>>>> From a few days ago I am experimenting an MCE error. |
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>>>> Sometimes I turn on the computer and at some point while booting the |
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>>>> kernel (after the grub menu) just freezes and puts this: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: b200000000070f0f |
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>>>> TSC f5acc9180 |
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>>>> PROCESSOR 2:20fc2 TIME 1427486735 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0 |
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>>>> |
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>>>> the number for TSC may vary, but the b200000000070f0f it's always |
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>>>> the |
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>>>> same (at least for now). The error message suggest to parse the |
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>>>> above |
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>>>> error with mcelog. I did that and the result was: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Hardware event. This is not a software error. |
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>>>> CPU 0 4 northbridge TSC f5acc9180 |
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>>>> TIME 1427486735 Fri Mar 27 17:05:35 2015 |
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>>>> Northbridge Watchdog error |
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>>>> bit57 = processor context corrupt |
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>>>> bit61 = error uncorrected |
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>>>> bus error 'generic participation, request timed out |
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>>>> generic error mem transaction |
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>>>> generic access, level generic' |
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>>>> STATUS b200000000070f0f MCGSTATUS 4 |
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>>>> CPUID Vendor AMD Family 15 Model 44 |
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>>>> SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0 |
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>>>> |
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>>>> The error suggest it's a hardware problem. I replace de RAM with no |
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>>>> luck. Same error keeps happening. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Any suggestion for identifying the problem or how to procede? |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Many thanks in advance! |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Sebas |
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>>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> bios update/microcode update. A google search suggests that you have |
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>>> run |
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>>> into an errata. |
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>> Oh OK, thank you. Must have miss that in the search. So you are saying |
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>> that the error comes from a bios errata (and don't know what microdode |
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>> is), and the fix is to update bios? |
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> no, possibly from a CPU errata and a bios update might bring in the |
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> microcode update that works around that. |
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I see, thanks for clarifying that. So looks like not too many options, |
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either try to update the bios and/or replace the CPU. |
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I really appreciated you replys and time. |
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Thanks!, |
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Sebas |
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