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Guest
Hi,
I am running Win XP with all windows updates installed.
Over the last week on four or more seperate occassions I have experienced
what best could be called a operating system crash.
I am not a expert (by any stretch) and the resulting white writing on blue
background concerns me (in it, it suggests re BIOS & adapter updates),
however it says in the main the system has stopped to prevent further damage
and that the system needs to be restarted if this is the first time this has
occurred, it then discusses investigating adapter updates and discusses BIOS
updates (and suggests safe mode). There is a 'technical error message' at the
bottom...which is similar to ''***stop
0x000008E(0xc000005,0x806EE753,0xa75ED668.0x00000000).
As I mention this has now happened a few times, usually after the pc has
been on for at least a couple of hours and also usually near the end of a
process (burning a cd using nero) or like tonite nearing the completion of a
'c' drive back up....(got 75% done and now a waste of time).
Again I am not a pc guru (or familar with BIOS or even what adapters I may
be using).
As it may help diagnose, that it also creates a windows 'memory.dmp' file
which can get quite big (1-2 gb average),...however I have never let the
process continue long enough to find out the maximum size would be.
My machine is a P4/1.7 with 767 MB Sdram, and 40% HDD free on both physcial
hard drives (40GB on 'c', and 120 GB on 'f').
I have been given advice regarding ‘badcaps’ (capacitor problems from p4/1.7
era), this however is an option I would consider in the short term. I have
also been advised to clean out dust etc from the machine (which I have done
again, and do so each 6 months) to no avail.
I would appreciate it if someone could advise or assist as to why this would
suddenly start happening and a fix?
regards
I am running Win XP with all windows updates installed.
Over the last week on four or more seperate occassions I have experienced
what best could be called a operating system crash.
I am not a expert (by any stretch) and the resulting white writing on blue
background concerns me (in it, it suggests re BIOS & adapter updates),
however it says in the main the system has stopped to prevent further damage
and that the system needs to be restarted if this is the first time this has
occurred, it then discusses investigating adapter updates and discusses BIOS
updates (and suggests safe mode). There is a 'technical error message' at the
bottom...which is similar to ''***stop
0x000008E(0xc000005,0x806EE753,0xa75ED668.0x00000000).
As I mention this has now happened a few times, usually after the pc has
been on for at least a couple of hours and also usually near the end of a
process (burning a cd using nero) or like tonite nearing the completion of a
'c' drive back up....(got 75% done and now a waste of time).
Again I am not a pc guru (or familar with BIOS or even what adapters I may
be using).
As it may help diagnose, that it also creates a windows 'memory.dmp' file
which can get quite big (1-2 gb average),...however I have never let the
process continue long enough to find out the maximum size would be.
My machine is a P4/1.7 with 767 MB Sdram, and 40% HDD free on both physcial
hard drives (40GB on 'c', and 120 GB on 'f').
I have been given advice regarding ‘badcaps’ (capacitor problems from p4/1.7
era), this however is an option I would consider in the short term. I have
also been advised to clean out dust etc from the machine (which I have done
again, and do so each 6 months) to no avail.
I would appreciate it if someone could advise or assist as to why this would
suddenly start happening and a fix?
regards