"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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networm wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently my Toshiba M4 tablet PC laptop crashed 3 times:
>
> Last week, when I was recording lecture using OneNote, it suddenly
> turned into BlueScreen and crashed. This happened twice. I don't know
> how to debug: so I did a system restore and removed the Skype. That
> looked worked for one week.
>
> And today, it crashed again when I was viewing an online video
> lecture using RealPlayer. This time it did not show BlueScreen but
> the screen suddenly turned black after displaying something flashy(I
> did not even catch before it disspeared)... Then the fan becomes
> 1000% times louder crazily... Nothing was responding. So I ended up
> with shutdown and rebooting...
>
> Now this becomes serious: so I want to debug to see which is the
> software/device component that caused the problem. After rebooting I
> looked into system events: nothing in error. nothing special...
>
> What else can I do to debug it?
>
> thanks a lot!
Check the Event Viewer for possible information. Go to start/Run and type
eventvwr.msc and press OK. Click the 3 menu items on the left and look for
any "X" error messages. If any are found, double click the error entry to
seethe details. If you find an error that is coincidng with the behavior,
click the Copy Icon on the details dialog screen and paste the error details
in a reply to this message.
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Go to Start/Run and type msinfo32 and press OK. Click Components/Problem
Devices to check for possible hardware problems.
Check the following articles for troubleshooting.
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315222
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Thanks a lot!
I did not see any CROSS in event viewer...
However, I do have more information.
I just had another Blue Screen crash while I was playing back some online
video lectures using RealPlayer in IE:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
*** STOP: 0X0000000A (0X0105E000, 0X000000FF, 0X00000000, 0X804F298E)
Dumping Physical Memory to disk: 11
(stopped at 11, fan runs 1000% more crazily and louder than before...)
Any more ideas?
Thanks a lot!