Description of problem: The explanation for the use of "nomce" on compaq systems is wrong. The technical description is apparently "Compaq connected the external pin to the wrong value". I guess the polite/end user summary is "Early Compaq pentium machines may need this option because they do not support processor error checking correctly." Also btw "A few other laptops - notably those using the Radeon IGP chipset may need this option"
Thanks again for the feedback. I've edited the nomce boot option to read as follows: This command disables self-diagnosis checks performed on the CPU. The kernel enables self-diagnosis on the CPU by default (called 'Machine Check Exception'). Early Compaq Pentium systems may need this option as they do not support processor error checking correctly. A few other laptops, notably those using the Radeon IGP chipset, may also need this option. This correction will appear in the next release of the documentation. Cheers!