Computer crashes randomly

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Sean McDonnell

I have just bought a new Athlon64 3000 running Windows XP. My machine seems
to randonly crash or at least I have not been able to identify any common
trigger. It goes out to a blue screen which identifies that there is a
problem but this screen disappears to a reboot so qucikly that I am unalbe
to read the text. The last time I identified the word "Win32k.sys" but no
other detail. The machine then reboots and sends an error message to
Microsft which just idenities that there is a driver error but no details of
which driver. Would anyone be able to help?
Some brief machine specs are:
MSI K8T Neo
1 Gb RAM
120 Gb SATA Seagate Drive
128 Mb Nvidia FX 5600 graphic card
 
I have just bought a new Athlon64 3000 running Windows XP. My machine seems
to randonly crash or at least I have not been able to identify any common
trigger. It goes out to a blue screen which identifies that there is a
problem but this screen disappears to a reboot so qucikly that I am unalbe
to read the text. The last time I identified the word "Win32k.sys" but no
other detail. The machine then reboots and sends an error message to
Microsft which just idenities that there is a driver error but no details of
which driver. Would anyone be able to help?
Some brief machine specs are:
MSI K8T Neo
1 Gb RAM
120 Gb SATA Seagate Drive
128 Mb Nvidia FX 5600 graphic card
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First thing, so you can see the error message, turn off "automatically
restart" - under Control Panel|SYSTEM|ADVANCED|STARTUP AND RECOVERY.
 
I can't answer you, but I can formally welcome you to the Microsoft club of the blue screen. Truth is, you'd probably need to give more specs and details for a tech to help you, but someone may have an idea anyway. Good luck.
 
Hi Sean,

See if this article helps you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;DE;814789


814789 - Windows Stops Responding with "Stop Error 0x7F" Error Message
Your Windows 2000-based computer or Windows XP-based computer that is
running Terminal Services may stop responding, and then you receive
the following error message on a blue screen: 0x0000007f (0x00000008)
error STOP 0x7f The Win32k.sys file is...
 
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