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[TheBoy]

General meaning is that at one point system running privileged code  (not user code) faced some serious hardware error and decides to shut down the system with memory hex dump..

Yup, processor in kernel mode, and kernel unable to deal with the unexpected error.  Memory error common if people do not use ESP straps etc.  No strap = knackered memory. You may think you got away with it, but you didn't.

Weak PSUs, as you say, often show up as memory errors as well.

Another common one on AGP boards is the video card creeping out of its slot.

But the most common is poor drivers.

[Nickbat]

Nearly got some old C Drive files back. I desperately needed a certain font from the drive, but when I tried to recover it I got the BSOD (from the old drive). Given time, I reckon I can retrieve quite a bit, including all my photos, but I need to finish the work for the client. They did send me the required font (Frutiger) just before close of play, but it was for the Mac  .

Ho hum!