Athlon K7 (900Mhz) and XP problem

[Marcin Konopka]

All,
I've recently "upgraded" from Athlon K7 500Mhz to K7 900Mhz.
I had no problems with the former on my XP. However, the latter gives me the
blue screen of death from time to time (once a day).

I suspect processor overheating but I am not really sure how to verify it.

My motherboead is MSI 6167.

I would be grateful for any help.

Regards,
Marcin Konopka

 

[Steve C. Ray]

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

 

[Marcin Konopka]

Steve,
I've actually already tried that as well as:
* installing K7 XP patch
* replacing the processor heatsink with another (used) heatsink

Should the heatsink touch the processor with its whole surface? Mine
touches it in the middle and you can see some space on the endges.

Also, my heatsink only has one fan. Is that enough for 900Mhz?

Thanks for your help in advace.

Marcin Konopka

 

[Marcin Konopka]

All,
My dumpchk results below. The bf8c9036 seems to point to Win32k.sys

Any suggestions?

Regards,
Marcin Konopka

DUMP_HEADER32:
MajorVersion 0000000f
MinorVersion 00000a28
DirectoryTableBase 059c5000
PfnDataBase 8054c758
PsLoadedModuleList 8054be30
PsActiveProcessHead 8054de78
MachineImageType 0000014c
NumberProcessors 00000001
BugCheckCode 1000008e
BugCheckParameter1 c0000005
BugCheckParameter2 bf8c9036
BugCheckParameter3 f737cc54
BugCheckParameter4 00000000
PaeEnabled 00000000
KdDebuggerDataBlock 8053dde0
MiniDumpFields 000004ff