strange mcelog mesage / still in rc7.git10

[Genes MailLists]

On 07/22/2011 10:19 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> On 07/22/2011 09:27 AM, Genes MailLists wrote:
>> Processor 7 below trip temperature
> 
> ISTR seeing some mention of problems with X & MCE messages on Sandy Bridge.  The first thing to try is reverting this patch in your kernel: linux-2.6 commit ccab5c82759e2ace74b2e84f82d1e0eedd932571.
> 
> Some of the Dell R910 laptops had this weird error too.  It was caused by some bogus MCEs being kicked during C1E and C-state transitions BUT ... that was a different processor (Westmere or Nehalem IIRC).
> 
> In any case this isn't a critical situation -- your laptop keeps running and is warning you that it thinks something is wrong.  Can you try disabling C1E and C-state transitions in your BIOS?
> 
> P.
> 

  Forgot to check BIOS settings - would they be labeled as such (C1E /
C-state) ?

  Also after updating bios i see no issues - but I am actually not sure
they occur until after a sleep - so I'll keep the list posted.

  thanks for your help.

  gene