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kyiami

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Registered: 2018-08-23

Posts: 9

Why do PCIe Bus Errors show up when installing software?

I've found how to hide these, but I'm wondering why they're happening. What does it mean? The full error is

pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID) 
pcieport 0000:00:1c.4:   device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00001000/00002000
pcieport 0000:00:1c.4:     [12] Reply Timer Timeout

They seem harmless, so I'm probably going to hide them. They always show up when I'm installing software, and less frequently when I just have an open console. I have a Dell XPS 13.

It also seems that whether they show up or not varies from installation to installation - I've installed Arch multiple different times over the past couple of days and they only show up some of the time.

Last edited by kyiami (2018-09-02 22:52:36)

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: Why do PCIe Bus Errors show up when installing software?

Did you see this - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … )#Wireless
I don't have a Dell XPS 13.