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Theslaz
Running a Compaq Presario; 3400 AMD Processor. 2.68 Gig of memory and 1
terabyte of storage. Running Windows XP; Service Pack 3 with all the
updates. Using Trend Micro as my anti virus program.
Been having problems in the last month with this computer. It is left on
24/7. Just about daily I will have this computer shut down
unexpectantly. An instant shut down black screen, and I have to do a
hard reboot. No warnings or blue screen. Except this morning I came to a
blue screen ( 1st time; it appears that it happened when my weekly back
up program started. Acronis True Image ). Along with all the warnings it
did mention that it appeared that the file "WIN3k.SYS" was causing the
problem. I did a Goggle and came to read a Microsoft article on what may
cause this problem; however; it did not give any solutions.
I have all the latest patches installed for the programs on my computer
as I run the Secunia Software Inspector. I do not know if all my drivers
are up to date. Can't recall if any new programs that I may have
installed date back to when this problem first started. I do have a
memory checking program that I have not tried recently. I will wait to
see what someone with more knowledge than me has to suggest before I do
any more checking.
It can be noted; that about 6 months ago, I added 2 Gig of ram ( new );
that I put in with what I had. Is it possible that the new and old are
not compatible?? Computer is about 5 years old and like I said is
running 24/7. Is it time to retire this thing??
Thanks in advance
terabyte of storage. Running Windows XP; Service Pack 3 with all the
updates. Using Trend Micro as my anti virus program.
Been having problems in the last month with this computer. It is left on
24/7. Just about daily I will have this computer shut down
unexpectantly. An instant shut down black screen, and I have to do a
hard reboot. No warnings or blue screen. Except this morning I came to a
blue screen ( 1st time; it appears that it happened when my weekly back
up program started. Acronis True Image ). Along with all the warnings it
did mention that it appeared that the file "WIN3k.SYS" was causing the
problem. I did a Goggle and came to read a Microsoft article on what may
cause this problem; however; it did not give any solutions.
I have all the latest patches installed for the programs on my computer
as I run the Secunia Software Inspector. I do not know if all my drivers
are up to date. Can't recall if any new programs that I may have
installed date back to when this problem first started. I do have a
memory checking program that I have not tried recently. I will wait to
see what someone with more knowledge than me has to suggest before I do
any more checking.
It can be noted; that about 6 months ago, I added 2 Gig of ram ( new );
that I put in with what I had. Is it possible that the new and old are
not compatible?? Computer is about 5 years old and like I said is
running 24/7. Is it time to retire this thing??
Thanks in advance