Kernel Panic panic

[Peter King]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 11:47:41AM -0500, Peter King wrote:

> After upgrading to 3.1.0, one of my computers began randomly crashing, usually
> after a day or two. The first time it happened I jotted down the start of the
> message:
> 
>   Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2d on CPU0.
>   Do you have a strange powersaving mode enabled?
>   Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
>   Process swapper...

	Turns out this was somewhat informative!

	Got to my office and found the computer completely dead and
	unresponsive -- not even any fans or lights. So the power
	supply must be completely dead, and these last few crashes
	its dying gasps.

	Now to decide whether it is worth resurrecting...

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