Re: Help with machine check exception

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2006-01-12 at 10:07 -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> mcelog decode states:
> 
> CPU 0 4 northbridge TSC 184fcd0553e4
>    Northbridge Watchdog error
>         bit57 = processor context corrupt
>         bit61 = error uncorrected
>    bus error 'generic participation, request timed out
>        generic error mem transaction
>        generic access, level generic'
> STATUS b200000000070f0f MCGSTATUS 4
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine check

Could be ram cpu or motherboard, even a power glitch of course.

Before you panic I'd suggest that you check the machine is being
adequately cooled (especially the CPU) and that the ram and cpu are all
well socketed.

memtest86+ will help test for memory problems and may be worth an
overnight run

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