[NTLUG:Discuss] MCE Errors

rp8034l rp8034l at flash.net
Fri Aug 1 23:07:18 CDT 2008


Greetings all:

It appears that I am in need of information on MCE's. (Machine check 
errors).

Specifically, I need information on decoding the messages and finding 
the root cause.
 *Any* information would be appreciated.

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In case more detail is required to point me in the right direction:

Fedora Core 6

uname -a
Linux silverstone.localnet.com 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 
14:10:25 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tyan S2885 motherboard
Dual AMD Opteron 250 Stepping CG processors

tail /var/log/mcelog
MCE 0
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC 9fee7e3683
ADDR 273fce700
  Northbridge Chipkill ECC error
  Chipkill ECC syndrome = 2242
       bit32 = err cpu0
       bit46 = corrected ecc error
  bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out
      generic read mem transaction
      memory access, level generic'
STATUS 9421400122080813 MCGSTATUS 0
MCE 1
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC 1089e67f01e
ADDR 26579bd88
  Northbridge Chipkill ECC error
  Chipkill ECC syndrome = 33a8
       bit32 = err cpu0
       bit46 = corrected ecc error
  bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out
      generic read mem transaction
      memory access, level generic'
STATUS 9454400133080813 MCGSTATUS 0
MCE 2
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
CPU 1 4 northbridge TSC 13077e564b1
ADDR 26cfd6f00
  Northbridge Chipkill ECC error
  Chipkill ECC syndrome = a718
       bit32 = err cpu0
       bit46 = corrected ecc error
  bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out
      generic read mem transaction
      memory access, level generic'
STATUS 940c4001a7080813 MCGSTATUS 0


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Thanks in advance!
Richard P



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