I've given up, someone please tell me the truth...

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okay, the blue screen happened.
this is what it said beyond the usual:
stop:0x0000008e (0xc0000005, 0x0e5c7704,
0xed9947d0, 0x00000000)

and when i checked the events logs, under
the applications tab, there are lots of errors
but no information as to why they occured.
but, under the system tab, this is what i found:

error 9/28/03 10:35:33am system error (102) 1003

and there are many of those, and a few of these too
just after the system errors like the one i printed above:

error 9/28/03 10:36:00am DCOM none 10010

I hope this helps.

thank you very much!

elliott
 
i looked at the article you referred me to,
nothing besides the error code # is the same.
my tower does not turn off except when i tell
it to or when it just restarts on it's own,
i do not use standby or hibernation. i have
in the past changed a dvd rom to a dvd burner,
but i think that went flawlessly.

for this error, the fix is attainable or so the
article you reffered me to said, but must i first
contact microsoft for a fee before i can get it?
but as the article states, 'after removing a drive
you cannot use standby or hibernate.'

i don't use them, would this 'fix' assist me?

sometimes i get a blue screen when i'm surfing,
sometime when my desktop is loading for the
first time of the day, and sometimes when i not
even sitting a the screen. it just happens,
sometimes four or five restarts a day... but
they are not always blue screen shutdowns.

elliott
 
Greetings --

I didn't really think that the article would apply, but it was the
closest I could find, not knowing any of the circumstances under which
you were getting the BSOD. Sorry it didn't work out. My only other
suggestion is to see if you have defective RAM.

Bruce Chambers

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i looked at the article you referred me to,
nothing besides the error code # is the same.
my tower does not turn off except when i tell
it to or when it just restarts on it's own,
i do not use standby or hibernation. i have
in the past changed a dvd rom to a dvd burner,
but i think that went flawlessly.

for this error, the fix is attainable or so the
article you reffered me to said, but must i first
contact microsoft for a fee before i can get it?
but as the article states, 'after removing a drive
you cannot use standby or hibernate.'

i don't use them, would this 'fix' assist me?

sometimes i get a blue screen when i'm surfing,
sometime when my desktop is loading for the
first time of the day, and sometimes when i not
even sitting a the screen. it just happens,
sometimes four or five restarts a day... but
they are not always blue screen shutdowns.

elliott
 
I'm sorry, but I don't understand your blue screen error messages. I've
never seen anything like those. I'm familiar with blue-screen messages
like

STOP 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL
and
0x00000079 (0x00000004, 0x0000AC31, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

However, a BIOS fan speed of zero is a concern. This is most likely the
CPU fan, which is a low reliability device. However, most BIOS that I
have seen display a red warning and beep if the CPU fan speed is too low
or the CPU temperature is too high. You might want to get an Intel
utility or BIOS vendor utility to read out CPU temperature from Windows
and see what's going on. Too hot can cause blue screen errors of an
almost random nature. Definitely worth checking.
 
Greetings --

Calling Microsoft would be a bit of a gamble. The way Microsoft
handles this sort of non-general fix as follows:

You call them and describe your problem(s) and why you think a
particular Knowledge Base Article and patch might apply. If their
technicians agree that your problem is likely to be fixed by said
specific patch, they'll provide you, free of charge, an address and
password with which to download the patch. If, however, they decide
that your problem has nothing to do with, and cannot be fixed by, that
specific patch, you'll end up paying for the service call. So it's
best not to call them unless you're either very sure it'll help, or
very desperate.

As I said, I only pointed out the article because I couldn't find
anything closer, not knowing all the specifics of your problems.

To test your RAM, their are several utilities downloadable from
the Internet, many of them free. A Google search should give you
several options.

Bruce Chambers

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Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Bruce (and all whom apply),

it was ram, but that's not the only problem.
my internal fans are not running so well in
this 2year old tower, so they will be replaced.

thanks to you Bruce, i found a downloadable ram
check utility and found the faulty chip. i've got
a gig of it, so to track down the one chip out of
four it took a lil' while... sorry for the delay.
but it found it, and since then no shutdowns.
(but i'm probably not going to un-cross my fingers
for quite some time still)

but thanks for all your time!
you guys are great!

elliott
 
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