diagnose BSOD

SanDiegoPC

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Jul 14, 2006
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I'm working on a machine that's got me beat (so far) and I would love some input. Maximum PC's website 'explaining all blue screens' wasn't much help and I could really use some

The guy's machine is a Lenovo 3000j Tower running Vista 32 Home Prem and has 3.0G of RAM in it. Hard drive is half full. MemTest32 showed no errors but to be fair I only did one iteration. Perhaps I can do more....

While browsing/emailing/whatever the machine gives a BSOD saying 'Memory_Control' and the usual memory address in question. Microsoft's website only led me down a trail of leads for Windows NT but not much more.

Can anyone offer a hand diagnosing this?
 

MrChad

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Aug 22, 2001
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There should be .dmp files in c:\windows\minidump\. Install Windows Debugging Tools and follow the instructions here.