<snip> Check the following links. I seem to recall that there are issues with some bios's. Also given the error msg, it may be that mcelog itself that is the culprit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you. On a similar note, how can I have these errors *not* write to the terminal, but instead to a file? I'd rather not see the following when I am editing a file; Message from syslogd@fmt at Apr 27 16:05:31 ... kernel:[165960.993509] [Hardware Error]: No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type. Message from syslogd@fmt at Apr 27 16:05:31 ... kernel:[165960.993518] [Hardware Error]: Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode. Message from syslogd@fmt at Apr 27 16:08:42 ... kernel:[166151.444124] [Hardware Error]: No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type. Message from syslogd@fmt at Apr 27 16:08:42 ... kernel:[166151.444132] [Hardware Error]: Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode. <snip> Would starting the mclog fix that problem? Currently it is not running; # /etc/init.d/mcelog status Checking for service mcelog... unused Thanks again, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org