From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adko Branil Subject: Re: HDD problem, software bug, bios bug, or hardware ? Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:31:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1345858271.82172.YahooMailNeo@web124705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Reply-To: Adko Branil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from nm28-vm2.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.91.128]:42659 "HELO nm28-vm2.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750812Ab2HYBbN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:31:13 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" To add some more info - i just noticed in dmesg of the latest kernel-2.= 5.2 some suspicious lines: * [ =A0 44.251706] microcode: AMD CPU family 0xf not supported * [ =A0 44.255721] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core= Processor 4200+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) * [ =A0 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PS= S objects found. * [ =A0 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest = BIOS. Coult it be related to the crashes , and should i update my bios ? Regards. Adko.