Re: Machine Check Exception !

[Nauman Tahir <nauman.tahir@gmail.com>]

On 12/27/05, Legend W. <mrwangxc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I get the following message under 2.4.21 from RedHat:
>
> CPU 3: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004
> <Bank 0: b20000001040080f
>
> and the box is dead.
>
> When i use parsemce, it said:
> Status: (4) Machine Check in progress.
> Restart IP invalid.
> parsebank(0): b20000001040080f @ 3
>         External tag parity error
>         CPU state corrupt. Restart not possible
>         Error enabled in control register
>         Error not corrected.
>         Bus and interconnect error
>         Participation: Local processor originated request
>         Timeout: Request did not timeout
>         Request: Generic error
>         Transaction type : Invalid
>         Memory/IO : Other
>
> Can anybody please enlighten me what this means or what a possible
> problem behind might be?
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> PS: my box has dual Xeon 2.8G CPU

if you want to make your machine run any way use "nomce" at boot
prompt against your respective grub entry.

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