Re: Machine Check Exception ?

Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-25T16:37:08Z

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:37:24 -0500 (EST)
"Marcel Kunath" <kunathma@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:

> Whats the mobo?

I will answer later, it is remote, I have to check out. It is UP, btw.

> What do you mean the box is dead? Dead or deadly stalled on
> boot?

It boots and runs for quite a while (weeks), then suddenly freezes and
shows this message.
It does not happen often, but very rarely.
Has the number any meaning, or is it a goof?

Regards,
Stephan

> > Hello,
> >
> > I get the following message under 2.2.19:
> >
> > Message from syslogd@diehard at Thu Jan 24 14:44:49 2002 ...
> > diehard kernel: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004
> >
> > and the box is dead.
> > Can anybody please enlighten me what this means or what a possible
> > problem behind might be?