re: Win XP Pro Crash/Reboot problem
Tuesday, August 20, 2002 at 8:21 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by VinceO
(198 messages posted)
These crashes were caused by an SDRAM failure. After looking through several Stop
0xA crash dumps, a friend at Microsoft found a pattern tying them all together. There
was a single-bit RAM error in a certain memory location used for an important kernel
pointer. Whenever WinXP referenced the corrupted pointer, the system crashed. Note
that this system appeared to run Win98, Win98se and Linux just fine, presumably because
the memory failure affected a less sensitive location. Stug replaced his RAM yesterday
and now appears to be crash free.
On Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 4:55 pm, Stug wrote:
>I recently installed Windows XP Pro, and it seems to crash at random. When this
>happens, a blue screen flashes momentarily (fraction of a second) and then the computer
>reboots. I've tried converting my second hd to NTFS, but that didn't work. I've
>reinstalled XP, uninstalled programs, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have
>any idea as to what the problem could be? It seems to happen more quickly when
I'm
>more actively using the computer. I'd appreciate your help.
>
>System Specs:
>1.4 ghz t-bird on abit kt7-a with newest 4in1's
>256 megs pc133 ram
>geforce2 mx 32meg ddr (newest drivers)
>SoundBlaster 16 PnP (ISA, drivers provided by windows)
>
>I've also downloaded the newest patches from Windows Update. This computer runs
>98se, 98, even linux flawlessly. Any ideas as to what the problem might be?
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