Blue Screen 0x000000B8

[jmv]

Hi,

I keep getting the follwing Blue Screen dump. This is an intermittent
problem. It may happen after a few hous of use or after several days.
Each time I am doing something different.

Running XP Sp3 on MacBook Pro 17 using BoorCamp.
Used to crash also on Sp2.

Can anyone provide advice?

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 8/21/2008
Time: 5:07:36 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SPATIAL-IT-MAC1
Description:
Error code 000000b8, parameter1 00000000, parameter2 00000000, parameter3
00000000, parameter4 00000000.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 62 000000b
0020: 38 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 8 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 30 2c 20 000000,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 00, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

<QP>
0x000000B8: ATTEMPTED_SWITCH_FROM_DPC
These are generally hardware issues (which often means driver issues).
</QP>
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

Then again, see this recent discussion:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/5b1c1019d962f716

<QP>
You must update the Apple Boot Camp software to Boot Camp 2.1 before
installing XP SP3
</QP>

 

[Andrew E.]

Actually those look like ram memory problems,& youre symtoms are exact.
Go to:http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Download the memory tester..

 

[jmv]

Thanks for the input.
I had forgotten to mention that I had this same problem under SP2.
I also has an Apple shop run all their hardware tests including memory tests
and they found nothing.

So I thought I would be luckier with SP3 and I did upgrade my BootCamp
according to the instruction prior to installing SP3.

I will try out the memory tester that Andrew suggests.

If you have any other idea I wouldappreciate that vey much.

Regards,
JM

 

[jmv]

Hi Andrew,

I downloaded the memtest I let it run for almost 14hrs with advanced testing
.. Not one single error was found.

Also, I had an apple shop run the tests and no errors were detected.

Now I don't know what to check for anymore.

Any ideas?

JM

 

[jmv]

Found out more :
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1543182