Machine Check Events
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Machine check exceptions refer to faults that the processor detects and signals.
Which will frequently be about faulty hardware.
Whether it's a warning or error varies.
You'll probably see more warnings, if only because they will get logged in a still-running system, while various (fatal) errors hang the system, and at best be shown on screen only at that moment.
You're probably here because you saw syslog entries like:
[Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
For more detail, look at things like the mcelog package, and its logfile, e.g. /var/log/mcelog
These are often warnings, but often also warnings you want to know about.
For example, in my case the CPU was being throttled because it was overheating (~90C).
See also:
http://www.mcelog.org/faq.html