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Re: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"?



Are you insane?  That error does not have ANYTHING to do with the type of processor
you have.  I guess I have a fake PII chip in my PENTIUM PRO, as I too get that error.

Sean

Mike Holliday wrote:

> Hi,
> That means that you have gotten one of the fake PII Chips, you can go to
> www.intel.com and download the fake Pentium test software. And verify it.
>
> Mike H.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair Kelly <blair.kelly@att.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 5:34 AM
> Subject: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"?
>
> >I have installed Debian 2.0 on a SONY Vaio PCG-505F.
> >Upon boot, I see the following line
> >
> >     ppa: Failed Intel bug check.  (Phoney EPP in ECP).
> >
> >Does anyone know what the line means - or what program
> >is causing this message so that I can investigate further?
> >
> >Blair
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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