MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION error in eMachines m6809

[ChuaChua]

hello,

My new eMachines m6809 has been crashing and a blue screen saying,"MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION has caused the computer to shut down, etc..."
This happens when I install games/files or when the Norton Antivirus, which came with the notebook, is scanning a big file (Far Cry Demo zip file, etc.). I looked at the Microsoft support site and did not come up with a solution. Restoring the old factory settings from the DVD helped a bit.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329284 - Microsoft's support page.
The support page mentions a Pentium processor and that confused me because the m6809 came with an AMD processor.

Any help is appreciated.

Also, Installing Battlefield 1942/Half-Life and other files from CDs/CD-RWs cause this error AND Windows complains that there is something wrong with the *.cab, other important files, or the CDs and refuses to install them.
Any tips on the problem?

Oooh, have any of the m6809 users got nVidia's Dawn demo to run on their machines? How?

Hardware:
eMachine m6809
no hardware changes
only updated vid drivers to the latest Catalyst drivers

Thanks

 

[ChuaChua]

bump

 

[Mermaidman]

Sledgehammer approach: Use the Restore Disk and see if problem goes away 😛

(what happens when you roll back your catalyst driver to the previous version?)

 

[ChuaChua]

I did a restore and it did help by a little bit.
The problem was there before upgrading to the latest catalyst drivers.
Could the hard drive be the problem?

 

[Inferno]

If you reinstalled and it changed nothing. You can replicate the problem with changing nothing its probably a hardware problem. I'd give a phone call the E-Machines and endure patiantly the Indians. They will take car of you.

Right a way explain that you did a restore and can replicate the problem with the factory restore. They should definitly transfer you to get a replacement.

 

[ChuaChua]

Or could it be a bios problem?

running SiSoft Sandra 2004's CPU benchmarks does the same thing.
Doing some game demo installation also does this.