  Cause of Machine Check (MACHINECHK)? 
 The Question is:
 
ES40 is regularly crashing with following Bugckeck:
 
Bugcheck code = 00000215: MACHINECHK,
Machine check while in kernel mode
Crash CPU:00 Primary CPU:00 Active CPUs:0000003
Current Process = PP
Current PSB ID +00000001
Image Name = $3$DKA606:[PAYROLL][DLC.BIN]
 
 
 The Answer is :
 
  This appears to be a hardware error -- machine check errors are
  normally and commonly hardware errors, though there is the rare
  possibility that a low-level software error can generate one.
  Please contact your hardware service organization for assistance.
 Answer written or last revised on  17-DEC-2003 
