MCE problems with SMP kernel on 2850

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

Have you tried running diagnostics on the machine? This sounds like bad
hardware, assuming it was happily running before the error.
--
Michael 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of 
> bloch at verdurin.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: MCE problems with SMP kernel on 2850
> 
> The other day there was an error on a 2850 here:
> 
> E07F0
> PROC 1 IERR
> PROC 2 IERR
> 
> I rebooted it but it panics now if I try booting an SMP 
> kernel, eith with an NMI watchdog error or "uncorrected 
> machine check".  In the latter case, some machine check 
> events are briefly listed but they refer to "CPU 6" and "CPU 
> 7", whereas the box has two hyperthreaded Xeons.
> 
> If I boot with the "nomce" option, the machine reboots before 
> the kernel has fully started.
> 
> I've seen some indications that this might be a BIOS problem, 
> but I'm running the latest 2850 BIOS.  Is there an option I 
> might change to clear these errors?
> 
> The machine is running Centos 4.3.  When I tried booting to a 
> recent Knoppix DVD, that didn't start up properly either.
> 
> Any ideas appreciated.
> 
> Adam
> 
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