References: Intel SDM Vol. 3 (Chapter 15 – Machine-Check Architecture), AMD APM Vol. 2 (Section 8.2 – Machine Check Exception), Linux kernel documentation on MCA (Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst).
: For a brief moment, he considered the "bare minimum" approach—stripping the machine down to a single processor and a single DIMM to isolate the fault. x64 exception type 0x12 machinecheck exception link
The OS can attempt to log the error details (via MCA MSRs: IA32_MCG_STATUS , IA32_MCi_STATUS ), but once an unrecoverable MCE is delivered, system stability is compromised. References: Intel SDM Vol