Re: Machine Check Exception

Felipe W Damasio (felipewd@terra.com.br)
Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:55:58 +0000


Felix von Leitner wrote:
> As soon as I start oggenc on my 2.5 kernel, I get this message:
>
> CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004
> Bank 0: f60600000000135 at 000000001ea46db0
> Kernel panic: CPU context corrupt
>
> This vc then hangs, but I could log in and write down the message on
> another vc. Is this a hardware error? Should I replace my CPU? My
> memory? Is my machine overheating? I have had several strange and
> unexplained segfaults and reboots under 2.4 recently.

Looks like a instruction fetch error from the level 1 cache.

Your CPU may be overheating, yes. Or it could even be a faulty processor.

Could you please check your cooler? What's the average CPU temp.?

Felipe

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