Machine Check Event reported is a corrected error.

[nilolan]

I have an Amd 64 system and this pops up in the even viewer all the
time. I am running latest bios. My memory is good, cpu and mb have
both been rma'd.

Application popup: Windows - System Error : A Machine Check Error has
occurred. Please check the system eventlog for additional information.

Machine Check Event reported is a corrected error.

Amd has just placed a new tool up that allows decoding of these stupid
events and this is what it says. It still isn't plain English but
seems to be related to video the only things i don't have spares for.
I have a 450watt psu so nothing should be starving for power. I have
an agp geforce fx5900. It is running latest bios and I have tried
about every chipset and video driver possible. Before I go out and
spend $150+ on a new vid card is there anything else that could cause
this?


Thanks,

Mark


Event Source 595 - WMIxWDM
Processor Number : 0
Bank Number : 4
Time Stamp (0x): 01C63FF2 018908D2
Error Status (0x): A4000000 0005001B
Error Address (0x): 00000000 0602B000
Single bit errors:
Error address valid in MCi_ADDR
Error not corrected
Error valid
TLB Error Code:
Transaction type: Generic
Cache level: Generic (LG)
North Bridge Error MC4:
Extended Error Code: 0x5 - GART Error
Error Code: 0x001B
DRAM memory access (MEM) Generic error (GEN), on Generic (LG) cache
Error address is the offset within the GartBase/Limit

 

[Smoker~]

I have an Amd 64 system and this pops up in the even viewer all the
time. I am running latest bios. My memory is good, cpu and mb have
both been rma'd.

Application popup: Windows - System Error : A Machine Check Error has
occurred. Please check the system eventlog for additional information.

Machine Check Event reported is a corrected error.

Amd has just placed a new tool up that allows decoding of these stupid
events and this is what it says. It still isn't plain English but
seems to be related to video the only things i don't have spares for.
I have a 450watt psu so nothing should be starving for power. I have
an agp geforce fx5900. It is running latest bios and I have tried
about every chipset and video driver possible. Before I go out and
spend $150+ on a new vid card is there anything else that could cause
this?


Thanks,

All 450W PSUs are not created equal, especially when they are generic/non
name brand. A crappy 500W unit isn't as good as a quality 300W unit.

Look at the label that should be on the side of your power supply.

+3.3V should be at least 28A
+5V should be at least 35A

The TCO (Total Combined Output) of those two rails should be at least 220
watts. If this isn't disclosed there's good reason to doubt the authenticity
of the mfr.

You should use a known good brand of power supply such as Antec, Enermax, PC
Power & Cooling (there are a few others).

CPU - 80W
gfx card 50W to 100W+
mobo - 25W
HDD - 20W
Optical Drive - 30W
1 stick of RAM - 10W
Fan - 3W to 5W

Try another power supply and see if you still get the same problem. I don't
know that it is the problem in the first place. Just want you to not assume
that title wattages are always genuine.

 

[nilolan]

the problem was the vid card