RE: Machine Check Exception ?

Dana Lacoste
2002-01-25T18:37:43Z

I used to get these all the time as well (with a very
similar hardware setup) and although I have never
identified exactly what was wrong (still using 2.2.x)
I don't get them any more after doing this :
1 - switched from IDE to SCSI
2 - changed RAM vendors (yes, this was unpleasant)
and, most significantly :
3 - made sure the BIOS had the correct microcode update
for the CPU. the one it had was out of date, and
changing to the latest from Intel solved a LOT of
instability issues....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephan von Krawczynski [mailto:skraw@ithnet.com]
> Sent: January 25, 2002 11:48
> To: Marcel Kunath
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Machine Check Exception ?
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:37:24 -0500 (EST)
> "Marcel Kunath" <kunathma@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Whats the mobo?
>
> Ok,here we go:
>
> diehard:~ # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX
> Host bridge (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX
> AGP bridge (rev 03)
> 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 00:09.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly
> NCR) 53c810 (rev 23)
> 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80960RP [i960 RP
> Microprocessor/Bridge] (rev 05)
> 00:0a.1 RAID bus controller: Mylex Corporation DAC960PX (rev 05)
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast
> Etherlink] (rev 74)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c368 [Trio
> 3D/2X] (rev 02)
>
> Regards,
> Stephan
>
>
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