x64 Exception Type 0x12 Machine Check Exception (MCE) occurs when your CPU detects an unrecoverable hardware error
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Here is a story reflecting the typical experience of a system administrator dealing with this "Red Screen of Death" (RSOD). The Ghost in the Server Rack x64 Exception Type 0x12 Machine Check Exception (MCE)
Intel and AMD introduced MCE to implement the Machine Check Architecture (MCA). The purpose is simple: when the CPU detects an unrecoverable hardware error (ECC memory failure, broken cache line, system bus parity error, or thermal runaway), it raises int 0x12 before the system corrupts data. The Ghost in the Server Rack Intel and
MCE 0x12: BANK=7 STATUS=0xbc000e000f000315 LINK=0x2