On Wednesday 01 February 2006 16:47, mike wrote: > After running memtest86 (V3.3) for at least 24 hours, I came back and > saw that each machine completed 61-63 cycles of tests, with 0 > errors... > > However, I did look through the BIOS for cache disabling - and it > doesn't appear I can disable the CPU cache. > > I did turn on chipkill and some other supposed ECC memory "helpers" > and instantly had the machine crash twice. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mcelog --k8 --ascii <mce2.txt > CPU 0 4 northbridge TSC 2 > Northbridge Chipkill ECC error > Chipkill ECC syndrome = 6ca0 > bit32 = err cpu0 > bit45 = uncorrected ecc error > bit57 = processor context corrupt > bit61 = error uncorrected > bus error 'local node origin, request didn't time out > generic read mem transaction > memory access, level generic' > STATUS b65020016c080813 MCGSTATUS 4 > 332ff8453 ADDR 7ff5faf0 > Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine check
I had something similar, and it turned out the motherboard just didn't like the brand/model of memory I was using. Replacing it with a different make (this time one that was on the motherboard's recommended list) fixed the problem. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]