"Stop Errors"

[Alien]

I have recently been getting various stop errors, and when I turned
down my Athlon XP processor in the bios setup from 2500+ to 1100+
(200mhz frequency to 100mhz) I stopped getting the stop errors. What
could this mean? In case your wondering why I turned it down, I didn't
really turn it down, every time the computer would reboot from the
stop error it would reboot at 1100+ (half speed) so I kept at that
speed and saw the stop errors end. I would appreciate any help.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Could you please post the Stop Codes? With those it may be possible narrow
down the problem.

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Will Denny
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[Alien]

Hi

Could you please post the Stop Codes? With those it may be possible narrow
down the problem.

Well now I'm not getting them but when I was getting them I remember
one was dcmc0d0.dll (a nvidia graphics card file). I just updated the
drivers but it didn't stop that error. I got other errors also like
win32k.sys, another one was PAGE_FAULT_IN-NONPAGED-AREA, and another
was IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Like I said reducing the processor to
1100+ (100mhz) stopped the errors completely. Now that I think about
it could it be my processor's malfunctioning?

 

[S. Taylor]

Possibly.
You should monitor the cpu fan speed to see if it's over heating.
You can reboot and enter bios to see it's current speed or you
can use a utility like MotherBoard Monitor.

 

[Alien]

Possibly.
You should monitor the cpu fan speed to see if it's over heating.
You can reboot and enter bios to see it's current speed or you
can use a utility like MotherBoard Monitor.

Thanks.

 

[S. Taylor]

no prob.
I should've mentioned that my cpu fan runs around 4200 rpm's and MbM
consideres that to be a tad slow for my motherboard. so yours should run
around that high or higher.