strange eth behavior

[vu Pham]

On 12/18/2012 9:28 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:24 AM, vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:
>> By the way, the MB is replaced because of the CPU check error, not the
>> eth problem :)
>>
>
> By CPU check error, you mean a machine check exception, or something
> else?  Unless this is some very strange abomination of a mobo, a CPU
> MCE typically means that you replace the CPU, not the entire mobo.
> Granted, Dell might have some non-standard motherboard where the CPU
> is not a field replaceable unit, and requires the entire mobo to get
> swapped out.

The exact error is "cpu 1 machine check error detected". I think it is 
an MCE.  The problem started last week with the same error and I 
upgraded all the firmwares. It happened again last night when I got the 
strange eth behavior.