Hardware Malfunction

[Guest]

I get the blue screen that says
"Hardware Malfunction"
"contact your hardware vendor for support"
and some other stuff here

but i couldn't tell you what piece of hardware on my computer is doing it
how can i find out whats causing the crashes... theres a crash log or
something like that... how can i get to that?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

I've not experienced this error, but this KB should help. Advices one to
inspect the RAM and VGA

Hardware Malfunction Results in System Error Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315223

 

[Guest]

malfunctionman ,
Contrlo Panel > Administration Tools > Event Viewer > double click on an
event .
.......andto find Dr Watson , All Programs > Accessories > SystemTools >
System Information > Tools > Dr Watson .
I think it is there are listed somewhere an Application crash records and
plenty of other info that I have been trying to remember to locate but never
quite get around to it .
Thanks

 

[Guest]

well... as far as dr. watson and the event viewer go... dr watson showed
nothing... event viewer only showed stuff starting up.. nothing about crashes

and i've noticed that the errors don't start till i get windows updates...
it was running fine when i wiped my hd and reinstalled windows but when i
started updating is when it started happening... has been happening everytime
i start up. usually before i can even sign on... i'm lucky i'm able to type
this message to you... its very frustrating

 

[Ed Medlin]

well... as far as dr. watson and the event viewer go... dr watson showed
nothing... event viewer only showed stuff starting up.. nothing about
crashes

and i've noticed that the errors don't start till i get windows updates...
it was running fine when i wiped my hd and reinstalled windows but when i
started updating is when it started happening... has been happening
everytime
i start up. usually before i can even sign on... i'm lucky i'm able to
type
this message to you... its very frustrating

If it is happening before Windows loads, your bios HW monitor might be
telling you that you have a HDD that is failing. If it is after Windows
loads, it could still be a failing HDD.

Ed

 

[Guest]

If you still want to look at error records in Dr Watson you double click

 

[Guest]

Malfunction man , if you use the instructions to Dr Watson I posted above you
can double click on an error and then a link to Microsoft where Microsoft
will have what information they can give about the crash .
Very handy that is , but not a total solution , more of a hinting at
source for understanding easier .
If you browse through all the errors they can lead to things you have
forgotten or clues and so on .