-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > List, > > I installed an FC4 desktop system on a 500 mh hp pavillion without much > difficulty. After the updates were done and I started tweaking some > user stuff I started having failures with some error reporting on the > terminal screen as the system craters. > > If any of you can help me decide to use this PC as a small boat anchor > or to replace the CPU etc I would appreciate your help. > > The errors are as follows: > > CPU 0: Machine Check Exception 0000000000000004 > Bank 4: b200000000040151 > [<c011a858>] panic+0x45/0x1b4 > [<c011b1ea>] printk+0x1b/ox1f > [<c010b223>] intel_p6_mccheck_init+0x0/0xc5 > [<c010b06c>] intel_machine_check+0x0/0x1b7 > [<c01030cb>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 It might be useful to understand what you are doing when you see this error. Is there a pattern? For example, a while back I had problems with this laptop coming back from suspend which would manifest itself as a Machine check exception. I found that booting with the "nomce" kernel option was a suitable work-around until the core issue was fixed. If you just want to get the machine back up and stable to regress a change you made, this might do the trick. Or, if the system really is hosed, it'll often just lock up instead of generating an MCE. ;-) C. - -- Craig McLean http://fukka.co.uk craig@xxxxxxxxxxx Where the fun never starts Powered by FreeBSD, and GIN! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDvl5VMDDagS2VwJ4RAuBEAJ4yQ+EmFQn6etqa+3bWYBhZw6GH2wCfXONV ZpoDqxvo9k2qUXS54wMAHKg= =0NXL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
