QueBert
Lifer
when I try to reboot or shut off my XP, I get a win32k.sys BSOD. I googled and one of the posts on Expert Exchange said the file is probably just corrupted. And the fix was to rename it and reboot it, XP would replace the missing file. Great, so I did. started to boot and got a STOP. Booted into Vista renamed the file back to win32k.sys, still get the same BSOD, it's only when I'm shutting down.
Google links seem to point to possibly my video card or ram (Nividia 8600) (Crucial ddr2-800) memtest runs no problems so I'm assuming it's not my memory. I am overclocking the CPU but my temps are good and Prime95 ran 12 hours with no problems. I believe I've tried clocking it back to 2.3 (e6550) but now I think about it maybe I didn't, guess I'll try no OC and see if it still crashes. I have the latest drivers for all my devices, and haven't added any hardware since I built this box - only 2 months ago but it's been stable up until the BSOD.
2nd issue, this is a semi rare one, but I've had it happen maybe 4 times in the past month. I get the error box that says "to help protect your system Windows has closed" and it shows Explorer as what it's closing.
I have ran spybot updated, Adaware updated, Windows Defender and I run Anti-Vir, this message is supposive to let me know there's potential malware on my system right? I'm confused what it could be, and it happens about once a week, and it's random so I can't pin point it to any program causing. Not so much worried about this, more annoyed. I typically don't even use explorer, I use Astonshell for a shell replacement + Powerdesk for my system explorer needs.
any help? thanks
Google links seem to point to possibly my video card or ram (Nividia 8600) (Crucial ddr2-800) memtest runs no problems so I'm assuming it's not my memory. I am overclocking the CPU but my temps are good and Prime95 ran 12 hours with no problems. I believe I've tried clocking it back to 2.3 (e6550) but now I think about it maybe I didn't, guess I'll try no OC and see if it still crashes. I have the latest drivers for all my devices, and haven't added any hardware since I built this box - only 2 months ago but it's been stable up until the BSOD.
2nd issue, this is a semi rare one, but I've had it happen maybe 4 times in the past month. I get the error box that says "to help protect your system Windows has closed" and it shows Explorer as what it's closing.
I have ran spybot updated, Adaware updated, Windows Defender and I run Anti-Vir, this message is supposive to let me know there's potential malware on my system right? I'm confused what it could be, and it happens about once a week, and it's random so I can't pin point it to any program causing. Not so much worried about this, more annoyed. I typically don't even use explorer, I use Astonshell for a shell replacement + Powerdesk for my system explorer needs.
any help? thanks
