re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:31 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by tom tordel jr
(272 messages posted)
look into bad RAM if it restarts randomly. happened twice to me with new components.
memtest found them for me. or, with 2 or more sticks , remove 1 at a time to see
if thats the culprit. tt
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:20 am, Mike wrote:
>I have a question about Top
>reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000:
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>I have just built a pc with a mate which completely switches off at semi-random
times.
>By this I mean it is fine if i leave it running on windows media player or microsoft
>word, but if i play video games, use Macromedia Director or even when it tries to
>do a full format it just switches off! I have a 400 watt power supply, brand new
>motherboard, 2.6XP Athlon processor, 256 DDR, Geforce 4 FX5200 gc, a case with a
>fan on the side!!! It cost me a fortune and it's so frustrating when 20 minutes
into
>a task it crashes. I suspect it may be something to do with the processor overheating,
>but i checked the bios and it seemed ok. I have XP Pro on my system, any ideas??
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