PC keeps restarting (Whats a minidump?)

[Guest]

hi hope u can help about 5 or more times a day my pc restarts and tells me it
has recovered pfrom a serious error. which is a pain cos i am trying to
design and build a website and keep lossing wat im doin at the time!
tHE REPORT SAYS:C:\WINDOWS\minidump\mini082704-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\(username)\LOCALS~1\temp\WER4.tmp.dir00\sysdata.xml
I'm not sure the second half of it is the same evry time but I know the 1st
half is..
pc will turn off during a game or doing some work and even if its left idol.
plzplz plz help if u can.
thanks for reading this
Runny

 

[Ted Zieglar aka \Rocky\]

The next time your computer restarts, go to Event Viewer (Control Panel >
Administrative Tools > Event Viewer) and post the details of the error.

The minidump file contains technical information that might be helpful to a
technician when diagnosing a problem.

 

[Guest]

thank you for that last post.
This 1 error from my events viewer

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 27/08/2004
Time: 14:25:16
User: N/A
Computer: RUNNY-my number
Description:
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 bf8a8faf, parameter3
f5444728, parameter4 00000000.

also there was this error:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 27/08/2004
Time: 14:25:08
User: N/A
Computer: RUNNY-my number
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
ANVIOCTL

Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7000
Description:
The hpdj service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7000
The General Purpose USB Driver (adildr.sys) service failed to start due to
the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it
has no enabled devices associated with it.

A few of these errors might be just to do with some devices not connected (
i guess) but i posted them all beacause they all happened at the same time

next time pc restarts i will check errors again to see if its the same.

thanks for reading
runny
i better post this quick b4 it happens...again lol

 

[Jason]

Sounds like a possible hardware failure. Probably the RAM.
Trying a memory checker like the one at
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp would be a good
place to start.

 

[Ted Zieglar aka \Rocky\]

Anvoctl is part of the the enhanced driver for an ASUS Video card.
Hpdj is part of a Hewlett Packard printer driver.

 

[Ted Zieglar aka \Rocky\]

You may be having problems with your hardware.

Anvioctl is part of the enhanced driver for an ASUS video card - contact the
manufacturer.

Hpdj is part of the driver for an HP printer - contact Hewlett Packard

You already know that a USB driver service (adildr.sys) failed to start.
Either the service is disabled or there are no enabled devices associated
with it - contact your computer vendor

 

[Guest]

thx guys watch this space
i updated my graphics driver thats all i did ,,1 of u guys mentioned about
my graphics... so i thought i would give that a try(updting) pc has not
turned off 2day... jason just in case(the link u gave me wasnt ...good 4 me!
i didnt know wat i was lookin 4 but if .. pc restart again do u know of
another... lol i just got in from the pub.. trying to replie but things are
hazy... thx for helping

 

[Microsoft]

The following link will sure sove your problem
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1003&eventno=1274&source=System&phase=1

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