From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: HDD problem, software bug, bios bug, or hardware ? Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:33:01 +0200 Message-ID: <20120825113301.GA15210@liondog.tnic> References: <1345858271.82172.YahooMailNeo@web124705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:39141 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753809Ab2HYLdF (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:33:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1345858271.82172.YahooMailNeo@web124705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Adko Branil Cc: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 06:31:11PM -0700, Adko Branil wrote: > To add some more info - i just noticed in dmesg of the latest kernel-= 2.5.2 some suspicious lines: >=20 > * [ =C2=A0 44.251706] microcode: AMD CPU family 0xf not supported > * [ =C2=A0 44.255721] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual= Core Processor 4200+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) > * [ =C2=A0 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACP= I _PSS objects found. > * [ =C2=A0 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with la= test BIOS. >=20 > Coult it be related to the crashes , and should i update my bios ? No. Try to enable the Cool'n'Quiet option in your BIOS - this message shoul= d disappear then. Btw, there's a patch to make this more understandable: http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D134262430326493 Rafael, this one is queued for 3.7, I assume? Thanks. --=20 Regards/Gruss, Boris.