crash & lockup message

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Recently my WindowsXP SP2 system has been crashing/locking with the
following message on a "blue screen" :

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your coputer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you have seen this message reboot your computer.
If you have seen this message before contact your system administrator.
STOP:0X00000000A (0X00000166.OX000000002.0X00000000,0X804E59C3)
Beginning Dump of Physical Memory
Dump complete.

Windows "knowledge base" indicate this may be because of a bad driver. The
only recent hardware put in was a second 512K chip of Kingston memory (exact
ssame as the other 512K chip), into a FIC AD-11 mb running a AMD1.33 Athalon
processor. Video is ATI 8500 and sound is SB Gamer both with current
drivers.

As I cannot "cause" this crash to occur (it seems to happen intermitantly)
how do I trouble shoot this?
 
lugnut said:
Recently my WindowsXP SP2 system has been crashing/locking with the
following message on a "blue screen" :

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent
damage
to your coputer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you have seen this message reboot your computer.
If you have seen this message before contact your system administrator.
STOP:0X00000000A (0X00000166.OX000000002.0X00000000,0X804E59C3)
Beginning Dump of Physical Memory
Dump complete.

Windows "knowledge base" indicate this may be because of a bad driver. The
only recent hardware put in was a second 512K chip of Kingston memory
(exact
ssame as the other 512K chip), into a FIC AD-11 mb running a AMD1.33
Athalon
processor. Video is ATI 8500 and sound is SB Gamer both with current
drivers.

As I cannot "cause" this crash to occur (it seems to happen intermitantly)
how do I trouble shoot this?
Click to expand...

More causes of that error message are listed here...
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000365.htm
May not be a driver issue, could be McAfee AV, hardware problem or even SP2.
For each possible cause it gives a possible remedy
 
lugnut said:
Recently my WindowsXP SP2 system has been crashing/locking with the
following message on a "blue screen" :

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your coputer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you have seen this message reboot your computer.
If you have seen this message before contact your system administrator.
STOP:0X00000000A (0X00000166.OX000000002.0X00000000,0X804E59C3)
Beginning Dump of Physical Memory
Dump complete.

Windows "knowledge base" indicate this may be because of a bad driver. The
only recent hardware put in was a second 512K chip of Kingston memory (exact
ssame as the other 512K chip), into a FIC AD-11 mb running a AMD1.33 Athalon
processor. Video is ATI 8500 and sound is SB Gamer both with current
drivers.

As I cannot "cause" this crash to occur (it seems to happen intermitantly)
how do I trouble shoot this?
Click to expand...

Since you just added a second 512 MB RAM module that's the most likely
candidate; either the module itself or having two installed.

Try putting your memory timings to the safest values. If that doesn't help,
try running just the old one, to verify it's still stable that way, and
then try running just the new one to see if *it* is stable that way.

Two memory sticks loads the bus more than one and that can slow the bus
timing signals and, so, cause errors when one is fine.
 
Recently my WindowsXP SP2 system has been crashing/locking with the
following message on a "blue screen" :

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your coputer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you have seen this message reboot your computer.
If you have seen this message before contact your system administrator.
STOP:0X00000000A (0X00000166.OX000000002.0X00000000,0X804E59C3)
Beginning Dump of Physical Memory
Dump complete.

Windows "knowledge base" indicate this may be because of a bad driver. The
only recent hardware put in was a second 512K chip of Kingston memory (exact
ssame as the other 512K chip), into a FIC AD-11 mb running a AMD1.33 Athalon
processor. Video is ATI 8500 and sound is SB Gamer both with current
drivers.

As I cannot "cause" this crash to occur (it seems to happen intermitantly)
how do I trouble shoot this?
Click to expand...

It's RAM related so change slots and/or remove the second stick. It
can't possible be worth that agrivation.
 
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