Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752972Ab1BHKDy (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2011 05:03:54 -0500 Received: from mail-pv0-f174.google.com ([74.125.83.174]:35358 "EHLO mail-pv0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752557Ab1BHKDx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2011 05:03:53 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bYuh5uB8JEcG0ktfiEjqRrvq8ihKuQ7ho90mNACzeuEm2OAWUwysitFRNoHIavkh6L ju18kiv8ZQ643Z54yFZUfpa0ftRtRmK9mGOMVhrz1eRegVR16U804jrPpnKH2q7BYz3L P3hZcrq7rhgeQa2wh0xfZZaGuCXnG1SKg2KS8= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D511268.5040804@ladisch.de> References: <4D511268.5040804@ladisch.de> From: dave b Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:03:33 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: I do not know if this is the correct place to ask about this but... To: Clemens Ladisch Cc: Linux Kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1300 Lines: 39 On 8 February 2011 20:52, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > 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. Yep I got that. > (If possible, enable background scrubbing of the caches in the BIOS ECC > settings to catch these errors earlier.) Ok I will look into that. > 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. Ok fair enough. Notes: The cpu is not overclocked. I forgot to list the hardware specifications: cpu is a AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor running on a ASUS M4A88TD-M motherboard. -- 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/