re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 11:08 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by blade900
(1 messages posted)
I believe you are right with the RAM issue as I have had major problems with fatal
crashes whenever I try to use my printer. I checked drivers etc, all fine. I did
the Prime 95 Torture Test for 13 minutes, no problems there. The last thing I did
was went into Bios and reset RAM as had been told to over-clock as I am no computer
expert! This is in layman's terms but after re-booting, the printer and PC are working
fine. Hope this helps. Thanks.
On Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 10:19 am, Mediocrateez wrote:
>Guys,
>
> I can squash all your fears, although you're NOT going to want to hear it. This
>IS a RAM issue, guaranteed. Looking on any of the Microsoft KB articles for any
>of the stop error codes mentioned, it related to specific RAM address errors.
>
> 99% of the time, Windows is not utilizing all of the RAM in your systemfor 'daily'
>activities. When certain programs are started (usually ones that require more than
>256MB of RAM) these stop codes happen, and your computer will re-boot. This also
>will give you a 0x0blah blah stop code.
>
> The BEST way to find out which RAM chip is culprit is to run a 3rd party memory
>test, or a high end benchmarking program that will STRESS test your RAM. Testing
>with one RAM chip is preferable (and much faster)
>
> Another thing to note- Many of the NVidia chipsets use Dual Channel for their
>RAM (check on the mfgr's webiste or your owners manual). This can make it VERY
tricky
>to guage RAM problems, as they share responsibilities in RAM usage, *IF* you have
>2 sticks of RAM in your system.
>
>
>
> oh, btw... if you followed the recomendation to turn off auto reboot of your
>system, be sure to write down the 0x stop code. then visit: http://support.microsoft.com/
>to check on the stop codes.
>
>
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