Should I worry about this?

[VigilanteCS]

Hi
The specs of this pc are
Athlon 64 3500+, 1 gig corsair XMS pc3200, 80 gig sata hdd, geforce 6800GT.
Sometimes in the game Rise of Nations, when you save a game, it'll give you the blue screen with the hexadecimal code and say the pc has to restart. When it restarts I send the report to microsoft. Microsoft says that it's unknown, but was cause by a device drivers. I guess I don't need to worry about faulty software. This has only happened twice since we've had the pc (since 12/18/04).

Anyway, should I worry about this? It makes me sick becuase my plasma TV recently died and I've gotta get that replaced.

Thanks

 

[montag451]

are you using sp2, sp1, or clean install of xp?

are you using quality psu?
is the problem bothering you alot?
have you got efficient antivirus/antimalware?
what progs have you got running in the background?

what does event viewer say?
control panel/administrative/

 

[VigilanteCS]

Using SP2, I have an Antec 550W psu, no it's not bothering me, my brothers the one who plays the game, just anything like thsi bothers me. The only progs that are running are usually steam and aim.

 

[montag451]

what shows in event viewer?

 

[VigilanteCS]

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/21/2005
Time: 6:41:40 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILY
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 9ce86240, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 8051ec1c.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 39 63 eters 9c
0030: 65 38 36 32 34 30 2c 20 e86240,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 38 30 35 31 00, 8051
0050: 65 63 31 63 ec1c

is what it says, lol "System Error"

 

[montag451]

dammit - hate it when it gives crap error events

try losing some background progs.
for instance, whilst playing games, do you need antivirus running?
make sure that your startup progs are decimated - only the most useful should stay

 

[ohnnyj]

Antivirus should really stay on all the time. Anytime you turn it off gives hackers a potential entry point into your system. The likelihood of this actually occuring is next to nill but still there is always that what if.

 

[montag451]

i think you mean the firewall should stay up.
if your system is secure from any intrusions, then the antivirus is just sitting there hogging resources.

For instance, if the system is clean from virii/adware etc, then, as long as there are no proggies being deposited on the hdd, that drive will remain clean. Firewalls do that job.
antivirus will only pick up stuff that is run or scanned on.

 

[ohnnyj]

I stand corrected.

 

[montag451]

ummm - as long as it is remembered to enable again!!!!!!!!

human error is the weakest link, apart from esd, solar particles, ................