[mythtv-users] AM2+ motherboard with support for ECC RAM for media player / server

[Bob]

John Drescher wrote:
>>  What do you use to monitor the errors?
>>
>>     
> The cpu reports these errors to the bios and the operating system via
> MCEs (machine check exceptions) which are readable on amd64 machines
> via mcelog.
>   

Cool thanks, that's pretty simple, I'm surprised more people don't use 
amd64s with ECC RAM for home servers.

> Here is some output from a cpu that has a faulty cache:
>   

That's harsh.

> # mcelog
> MCE 0
> HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
> Please contact your hardware vendor
> CPU 1 1 instruction cache TSC 176ee9198b952
> ADDR ffff88229b30
>        bit62 = error overflow (multiple errors)
>   memory/cache error 'instruction fetch mem transaction, instruction
> transaction, level 1'
> STATUS d400000000000151 MCGSTATUS 0
> No DIMM found for ffff88229b30 in SMBIOS
> MCE 1
> HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
> Please contact your hardware vendor
> CPU 0 1 instruction cache TSC 1a24a4a7d6d90
> ADDR 2b4efadb29e0
>   memory/cache error 'instruction fetch mem transaction, instruction
> transaction, level 1'
> STATUS 9400000000000151 MCGSTATUS 0
> No DIMM found for 2b4efadb29e0 in SMBIOS
>
>
> John
>