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Crashes Galore Under XP Recently... HELP!!

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nmcglennon

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OK I built my own system last year, and it has been running smoothly ... until now. Basically it reboots and crashes suddenly without warning... I have no clue how or why this happens. Windows Online Crash Analysis mentions a conflict in the device drivers... but they all check up fine, and are "Windows XP certified". Once it said something about a AFS2K.SYS device driver causing trouble too. I also get random reboots when using my scanner, anything using DirectX, etc. I am really confused... I know a decent amount about computers and how they work (I am a CS major too) but this occurance is baffling me...

Maybe a motherboard error?

I tried reformatting adn reinstalling XP, but my computer crashes or gets stop errors (blue screens) during the installation process. I finally just settled, and reinstalled Windows over my previous copy, but things are still screwed up, and I get the random crashed and reboots again.

My system config is as follows:

AMD Athlon 2100+
2 DIMMS 128MB (ea) DDR-RAM PC2100
Soyo K7-333 Dragon Ultra Platinum MB
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB
Win XP Pro w/ SP1 and all updates
IBM CD-RW (LG CED-8080B CD-RW)
Realtek RTL8139 Ethernat (Integrated)
2 Hard Drives (1: 120GB IBM, 2: 40 GB Western Digital)

Any thoughts? Any help is greatly appreciated!!!! Please respond!!!
 
My usual thought with random crashes and BSODs is faulty RAM. Run memtest to see if you have a bad stick. Or, try running one stick at a time and see if your problem goes away with one and not the other. More often than not, RAM is the problem.

Good luck.

\Dan
 
So you think it is the memory huh? Well I have no way of directly proving if thats it but I'll give it a shot with the memtest program. Where can I download that at?
 
Hello, heres a thought about your problem! do you have a UPS on your system? If not, perhaps your Power Supply is faulty. You wouldn't think to look at them, but pc's are picky eaters. They subsist on a diet of uninterrupted, precisely regulated electricity. Provide too little power, and your system behaves erractically or completely blacks out. Provide too much, and its tiny circuits - each 1/400th the width of a human hair, or thinner- are permanently fried.

Goodluck - DTSS


* page 152 pc world april 2003
 
I opened my computer and the HSF for my CPU was REALLY HOT, and the heatsink was clogged with dust so I guess the fan couldnt cool it. I think the computer was shutting down due to excessive heat, the chassis was like 89-90 degrees, and the CPU was 145 to 150 degrees!
 
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