BSOD Log - Help me read it

[MonsterMac]

Hey guys,

I've been experiencing some pretty random reboots (temps and everything are fine, and it happens at random places at random times) and I changed the settings in windows to not reboot when errors happen, so I would get the BSOD and try to get information from the stop code. Here's what the BSOD gave me.

Technical Information
xxx STOP: 0x0000008E (0XC0000001D, 0x8053P0C7, 0XB9144814, 0X00000000)
Beginning dump physical memory
Physical memory dump complete

I've run memtest86+ for 10.5 hours (28 complete passes) and got no errors, so my RAM is not the problem. All my temps are great (30 to 40C for CPU depending on load, VGA = 40 to 55C depending on load). If anyone has any input, please reply. Here's my system specs:

Seasonic S12 430W Active PFC PSU
Gigabyte K8N Ultra-9 nForce4
A64 3200+ Venice Core
2x512 PQi Turbo Memory DDR400 pc3200 in Dual Channel
eVGA 6600GT w/ AC Silencer
CL Audigy 2ZS
2x300GiB Maxtor Diamondmax 10's
1x320GiB WD Caviar SE
NEC DVD/RW
Antec P180 Case

 

[MonsterMac]

bump... please help if you can.

 

[mchammer]

check the event log

 

[MonsterMac]

where is the event log?

 

[mchammer]

Look in the control panel, make sure the individual item view is on. There is an icon "administrative tools" and in there is "management console" or similar. Then in there somewhere in there is the event log. There are two other types of logs as well. I don't remember exactly because right now I'm on windows 98.

 

[Jeff7]

Start Menu, in the Administrative Tools section.

Or, in the Run dialog box in the Start Menu, just type eventvwr.msc and click OK.


What Microsoft says of this STOP code.

 

[MonsterMac]

yeah i found it. does anyone know how to read minidump files here, i have two in the windows/minidump folder, and i dont know what to do with them. the minidump files are titled Mini080805-01.dmp and Mini081605-01.dmp.

 

[mchammer]

I don't think the dumps are that important, try to find the file that is causing the problem. Right after the problem happens go into the event viewer and see what it lists. Look for any file names, then figure out what program they are from and try to dasable it and see if it solves the problem.

 

[MonsterMac]

bump