Brand New Dell 8400 repeatedly doing physical memory dumps while i

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My new Dell 8400 with a 3.0 Ghz pent 4 a gig of ram, 160 Gig hard drive with
60 gig vram page file and GeForce 256Mb DDR2 6800 GTO video card will do
physical memory dumps every now and then when I play United offensive online
and the computer isnt even 3 months old what do I do? my email is
(e-mail address removed) please email me what you post because I dont come to
this site too often.thank you

 

[Jimmy S.]

| My new Dell 8400 with a 3.0 Ghz pent 4 a gig of ram, 160 Gig hard drive with
| 60 gig vram page file and GeForce 256Mb DDR2 6800 GTO video card will do
| physical memory dumps every now and then when I play United offensive online
| and the computer isnt even 3 months old what do I do? my email is
| (e-mail address removed) please email me what you post because I dont come to
| this site too often.thank you

Hi Krafka,

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck!

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com and then
install MS AntiSpyware from: www.microsoft.com/spyware to
remove any Spyware or Adware which could clog up your PC.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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