Machine check exception

[Morbid Angel]

Hey guys, hopefully some one could help with the error I'm getting. It happens randomly some times once a week some times once a month. Seems to happen more often when rendering or when under load. I got dual xeon in supermicro board and supermicro case. I started getting the following error:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x0000000000000000, 0xfffffa801342b028, 0x00000000be000000, 0x0000000000400e0f). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 090513-21262-01.

and

A fatal hardware error has occurred.

Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: Bus/Interconnect Error
Processor ID: 2

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If any one has any experience with these issues please let me know! I don't think its ram, since the ram has been solid for many years and I recently ran tests on it. I read many things online but they can be totally random and not really a good reliable source.

Thanks!

[Donald2B]

UGH! These can be brutal to track down.

It appears that there is a problem with CPU2 regarding the one/multiple cores and their ability to communicate with the rest of the subsystems. Hence the bus/interconnect error.

This is more than likely a hardware problem. (Most probable anyways)

The fact that this is happening while under load makes me look even harder at the CPUs/Motherboard.

Steps I would try with this particular BSOD:
- update motherboard BIOS (make sure to read the bios update notes about fixes and things like that)
- update motherboard chipset drivers (If intel, they have a great utility that will scan your system and automatically checks driver versions)

If this computer still has support from manufacturer, I would contact them at this point.

If not, then continue here:
- remove both CPUs from motherboard
- clean all thermal paste off heatsink and CPUs
- check CPU socket for any bent pins or damage
- reseat CPUs and apply your favorite thermal paste and CPU coolers

If you still have problems after this, it's probably a bad CPU 2 or the socket / substem of CPU2 on the motherboard.

I hope this helps some.

[Morbid Angel]

Yeah I really hope its not the cpu It usually happens right after the machine suffers the kernell power error. Which happens too often, and I really, really don't know how to fix that one. I'll try update bios first and go from there.