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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 12:17 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Joe
(7 messages posted)
If none of the software tips given fix the problem, I have seen this happen in several
environments with hardware problems. RAM could be bad, run a "burn in" on it. Processor
fan could be out or failing, check CPU temp. Check BIOS to make sure CPU and RAM
are set at their proper speeds.
On Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 2:16 am, Shehan wrote:
>I have a question about Top
>reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000:
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>Hi. My new P4 2.2GHZ (512RAM, 64MB GeForce 4 Graphics Card, 80GB 7200RPM HD, with
>a 300Watt Power Supply and running WinXP Pro) randomly restarts when doing usual
>tasks such as playing games or installing software. Sometimes, on one specific game,
>the Blue Screen of Death appears and says something about a memory dump and it tells
>me to restart the computer. I can't get it to respond at all, so I have to restart
>the computer using the reset button. After I restart the computer, Windows tells
>me that it has recovered from a serious problem and asks if i want to send Microsoft
>an error report. This happens often, with or without the restarting problem.
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>How can I fix this? Should I uninstall Windows XP which the computer came loaded
>with, or is it a hardware problem? My computer is only one day old, and it has these
>problems!!!
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