Machine_check_exception

[Fossaw]

I needed to move some stuff around on my desk, it required taking the power block out, hence removing power from my main machine. Work done, I restarted the system, and it came up blue flagging "MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION". Powering down and up a couple of times made no difference. It does not give any details as to what has caused this, no hex, just that string.

This has only just happened, so I*ve not searched yet, but in case anyone has a ready answer to get the thing running, (it has a lot of BOINC work running on it which I don't want to loose), it would help.

[Fossaw]

Bizarre?

This morning, I'd decided to go to the library in town. They have public use computers there, with real screens, i.e. a lot better than trying to work on my wife's little lap top.
Before leaving, I powered up the system to write down anything else it might say that could be helpful. It booted up fine and everything is running as it had been?

[john.c]

Bizarre?

Hardware problems can be very flaky.
Could just be something a little loose.
In any case, make sure you back everything up!

[Fossaw]

In the BIOS, on this machine, lower right on home page, there is a list of bootable devices, arranged in "order of preference" or whatever the correct term is. On the other machine, this list is blank. It has a DVD drive and SSD, but these are not showing. How is this list populated?