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Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
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Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:20 am
Posted by Mike
(2 messages posted)
I have a question about Top
reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000:
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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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:31 am
Posted by tom tordel jr
(254 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:
>
>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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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Thursday, October 9, 2003 at 2:41 am
Posted by Mike
(2 messages posted)
Only got one stick of ram but i will test it cheers
On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:31 am, tom tordel wrote:
>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
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>
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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at 10:33 pm
Posted by Duane Campbell
(1 messages posted)
Hello there: I had this same problem, and guess, what I had to get a ATI RADEON card,
and chuck the GEFORCE and it solved it!!!! no nothing like that now SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTHHHHH
sailing!
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:
>
>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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