Blue Screen STOP 0x0000008E

[TheRabidWalnut]

Im getting random bluescreens in windows - they can happen on loading, on light use, on heavy use and on shutdown. (But, despite their frequency, I can find no way to cause one every time)

The only output on the bluescreen is the "Stop 0x0000008E", but this isnt that helpful in working out what is happening

The system is a Core 2 Duo E6300 on an ASUS P5N32SLI SE DELUX motherboard, with 2x1GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 (5-5-5-12) memory, and a 7950GX2 graphics card.

Anyone any ideas / met this before?

 

[sisq0kidd]

I would start by testing out each memory module. Stick one in at a time.

 

[bf1942]

I agree target the memory 1st,

 

[Swampster]

Read the motherboard manual carefully and see if it will allow the particular combination you are using. does this change if you use two of them? On some boards, you can run a given module as a single, but if you run two of them you have to change the RAM bus speed.

 

[Dovermen]

You may want to use Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows to open the crash dump. This would allow you see the probably cause by listing a driver or system file. You could troubleshoot from there once you know the probably causes.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx