Memory error message

[Zoilo]

I have a Dell 8200 with a Pentium 4 and 512 ram of memory
I have noticed that since a month or so back when the
system is being used for games, word processing or
whatever and I try to restart the pc I get this error
msg "0x771c1c94 memory reference 0x00000008. What could
this be and what could be causing this problem?

Thanks in advance

Zoilo

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a Dell 8200 with a Pentium 4 and 512 ram of memory
I have noticed that since a month or so back when the
system is being used for games, word processing or
whatever and I try to restart the pc I get this error
msg "0x771c1c94 memory reference 0x00000008.

Either there is hardware trouble in the RAM, or else a piece of code has
got damaged and is trying to make an invalid access to memory. From the
00008 I think the latter is the more likely. If you can identify
precisely what piece of code is involved you might be able to restore
it. But a good step as first shot would be to have the XP CD in the
drive, exit form autoplay, and then go to Start - Run and run the line
SFC /SCANNOW
which will refresh components of the system

 

[Zoilo]

Thank you Alex. I will try your suggestion and then I
will let you know