Corrupted low memory after Wake from Sleep mode

Got the following error message in dmesg when I resumed from suspend to ram:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/check.c:134 check_for_bios_corruption+0xe5/0xf0()
Hardware name: G31M-ES2L
Memory corruption detected in low memory
Modules linked in: nvidia(P) rfcomm sco bridge stp llc bnep l2cap usbhid hid btusb bluetooth rfkill parport_pc ppdev cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand button thermal acpi_cpufreq freq_table processor led_class sg snd_hda_codec_realtek lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_pcm snd_timer uhci_hcd snd soundcore ehci_hcd snd_page_alloc fuse r8169 mii evdev pcspkr usbcore i2c_i801 i2c_core intel_agp rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 sd_mod sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi floppy ata_piix libata scsi_mod
Pid: 7, comm: events/0 Tainted: P 2.6.33-ck #1
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81048126>] warn_slowpath_common+0x76/0xb0
[<ffffffff810481bc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x3c/0x40
[<ffffffff8102dbd5>] check_for_bios_corruption+0xe5/0xf0
[<ffffffff8102dbe0>] ? check_corruption+0x0/0x30
[<ffffffff8102dbe9>] check_corruption+0x9/0x30
[<ffffffff81063873>] worker_thread+0x173/0x320
[<ffffffff81068a10>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[<ffffffff81063700>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x320
[<ffffffff8106849e>] kthread+0x8e/0xa0
[<ffffffff8100ad24>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[<ffffffff81068410>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
[<ffffffff8100ad20>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
---[ end trace 10d1540186ede85d ]---
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
BIOS Information
Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
Version: F10
Release Date: 09/29/2009
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
What this error mean?
Last edited by cool (2010-05-10 14:28:09)

Anytime you have external drives connected and wake up from sleep there can bre a delay if the drive was put to sleep also. Depending upon the drive the delay can be anywhere from 10 seconds to 30 seconds. This is because the drive has to spin up, and then be recognized by the system. If one of the two drives you have is going bad, that time could be much longer. If one of the drives is going bad that could be why your computer is crashing when waking it from sleep every now and then. It is also possible that the system and the energy mangement system built in to the firmware of one of your drives is not compatible, which could cause problems.
The bottom line is that in my opinion, the problem is with one or both of the external drives. Have you tried disconnecting the external drive and then waking it from sleep? That would be the first thing I would suggest you try. Just disconnect it and don't use it for a few days, if you can, and see if the situation improves. Another thing to try is to go to your energy saver settings and make sure that the checkbox that says "put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" is not checked. This way neither your internal or external drive will go to sleep. See if the situation improves.
Have you run the hardware test to make sure there is not a hardware issue with any of the internal components? Have you done any basic maintenance on your Mac? Have you run Disk Utility on your internal drive to make sure there is not problem with its file structure? Have you checked to make sure that your disk permissions are set properly by running Disk Utility and checking them?
That is all I can think of right now.
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