Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752818Ab1BHJvl (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2011 04:51:41 -0500 Received: from smtprelay04.ispgateway.de ([80.67.31.31]:44575 "EHLO smtprelay04.ispgateway.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752121Ab1BHJvk (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2011 04:51:40 -0500 Message-ID: <4D511268.5040804@ladisch.de> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:52:40 +0100 From: Clemens Ladisch User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dave b CC: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: I do not know if this is the correct place to ask about this but... References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Df-Sender: linux-kernel@cl.domainfactory-kunde.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 991 Lines: 30 dave b wrote: > I do not know if this is the correct place to ask about this but... > > [Hardware Error]: This is a hardware error that was detected by the kernel. > I have only seen the following output output twice > > ... Corrected error > ... L3 ECC data cache error. There was a wrong bit in your CPU's level 3 cache, but with the help of the redundant error correction bits, this was caught and corrected. (If possible, enable background scrubbing of the caches in the BIOS ECC settings to catch these errors earlier.) If this is an overclocked CPU or one with an unlocked core, you deserve what you got. Otherwise, if this happens repeatedly, it indicates a hardware defect, and your warranty should cover this. Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/