trap 000e with thinkpad T40

Hello all:

Recently I get a trap 000e message when my T40 thinkpad boots:

TRAP 000e        ERRCD=0000   ERACC=****   ERLIM=********
EAX=00000010   EBX=fa8ba51f   ECX=00000004   EDX=ecb4b000
ESI=2e747365   EDI=ecb4b000   EBP=ed611f64   FLC=00012012
CS:EIP=0168:eff24362   CSACC=c09b   CSLIM=ffffffff
SS:ESP=1558:fa8d5ed4   SSACC=c093   SSLIM=ffffffff
DS=0160  DSACC=c093  DSLIM=ffffffff  CR0=8001001b
ES=0160  ESACC=c093  ESLIM=ffffffff  CR2=2e747365
FS=0000  FSACC=****  FSLIM=********
GS=0160  GSACC=c093  GSLIM=ffffffff

The system detected an internal processing error at
location ##0168:fff1da1f - 000e:ca1f
60000, 9084

07860695
Internal revision 14.104a_W4

The system is stopped. Record all of the above information and
contact your service representative.

That is strange, because I could install two instances of eCS2.0rc3 (on 
partitions D: and G:, along with Windows XP Pro installation on C:) with 
no difficulties. Over the span of a week or so, I turned both eCS 
installation on and off repeatedly and all worked well, except the 
wireless connection would not work. Recently I learned how to make the 
wireless (Intel 2100) work by simply "saving" the MPTS configuration -

there was no change other than a few extra clicks with the left mouse 
button and a reboot. Now I am in deep waters: I can boot once after 
activating the wireless in this way - but not a second or third time 
which in every further boot traps with 000e. This is reproducible with 
both installations on D: and G: - I did re-install eCS2.0rc3 at least 
four or five times, always with exactly the same results: Trap 000e. 
What is going on ?

One more weird thing: If after a trap 000e I keep turned off the 'puter 
for a few hours, it boots again fully (i.e., without a trap 000e) once 
or twice, before it refuses to boot (and traps). Apparently, something 
is heating up inside, and as long as it is cool enough, I see no problem 
with booting. However, once a certain temperature is reached, the trap 
occurs on booting and the 'puter will not reboot. Does someone have an 
idea what I could try?

Lothar


Lothar Frommhold wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> Recently I get a trap 000e message when my T40 thinkpad boots:
> 

Lothar Frommhold wrote:
> One more weird thing: If after a trap 000e I keep turned off the 'puter 
> for a few hours, it boots again fully (i.e., without a trap 000e) once 
> or twice, before it refuses to boot (and traps). Apparently, something 
> is heating up inside, and as long as it is cool enough, I see no problem 
> with booting. However, once a certain temperature is reached, the trap 
> occurs on booting and the 'puter will not reboot. Does someone have an 
> idea what I could try?

I should think the first thing to do would be to make sure that
all the coolers/fans are working properly and that you have a
sufficient number of them for the number of hardware devices you
have installed.

I have three HDDs and a DVDRW drive.  The 200GB HDD has a two-fan
cooler on it, plus I have three case fans and a CPU cooler.  If
any one of these gets clogged up or stops working, I get heat
problems and eventually boot problems.

Only one fan on a Thinkpad... The fan on mine (T42p) has died twice, 
but the bios caught it and stopped the system with an error message. I
would at least blow it out with some canned air.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:04:35 UTC, Dale Erwin <dale@casaerwin.org> 
wrote:

> Lothar Frommhold wrote:
> > One more weird thing: If after a trap 000e I keep turned off the
'puter 
> > for a few hours, it boots again fully (i.e., without a trap 000e) once

> > or twice, before it refuses to boot (and traps). Apparently, something

> > is heating up inside, and as long as it is cool enough, I see no
problem 
> > with booting. However, once a certain temperature is reached, the trap

> > occurs on booting and the 'puter will not reboot. Does someone have an

> > idea what I could try?
> 
> I should think the first thing to do would be to make sure that
> all the coolers/fans are working properly and that you have a
> sufficient number of them for the number of hardware devices you
> have installed.
> 
> I have three HDDs and a DVDRW drive.  The 200GB HDD has a two-fan
> cooler on it, plus I have three case fans and a CPU cooler.  If
> any one of these gets clogged up or stops working, I get heat
> problems and eventually boot problems.
> 
> Dale Erwin


-- 

Many thanks, Tom and Dale. I, too, have come to the conclusion that 
overheating must be the problem. I turned off the radio when it is not 
used, and am thinking about turning off other drivers which are rarely 
(or never) used. The fan blows, but blowing it out is a good idea.

Lothar


Tom Brown wrote: