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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:54:07 -0800
From: Avuton Olrich <avuton@gmail.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: Machine check exception
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On 11/19/05, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sad, 2005-11-19 at 01:45 -0800, Avuton Olrich wrote:
> > CPU 0: Machine Check Exception
> > TSC 17c72bcfba8               4 Bank 4: b200000000070F0F
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine check
>
>
> Thats almost certainly a hardware fault. Machine checks are signalled
> when the processor finds itself in a "can't happen" type of state.

Is there a good way to narrow it down? I guess running a badmem
program would be good to start with, otherwise ...(?).

thanks,
avuton
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