WinXp Crash

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Well I tought The useless Blue Screens were a thing of
the past with Xp, gess what, I was wrong.

Not long ago my computer started crashing on me, for no
apparent reason. I had not changed anything in it
hardware or software.

Well I started with the basic Scandisk and Defrag, no
problem detected so I ran test on the hard drives and
they seem fine. Ran benchmark on the memory and video
card and all seems well on that side too.

But the thing is, it keeps crashing more and more.
and I can't read the Blue Screens because as soon as they
pop up the computer reboots and I can't even pause it.

So I gess it would have to be Windows itself since
everything else seems fine. Today I decided to format and
reinstall it. Gess What...

I boot from de WinXp Pro Cd, it gets to Startin Windows
and then gives me another Blue Screen. (at least I can
read this one even if the thechnical Information doesn't
mean anything to me.

I tried a couple of time, the errors read as follow:

#1
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent damage to your computer...

Technical Information
*** Stop: 0X0000007E (0X0000005, 0X807CB59F, 0X9EE5C70,
0XF9EE5970)

#2
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent damage to your computer...

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Technical Information
*** Stop: 0X0000000A (OX0379A6DC, 0X0000000C, 0X00000000,
0X801880DE)


If anyone can figure out these Technical Information
please let me know their meaning.

Thanks.
..
 
This is almost always caused by either incompatible hardware or some driver
issue. Sometimes these issues don't show up right away, you do something
or an application makes a call or the system itself makes that call and
suddenly you're outside the tolerances of some dated driver or some dated
hardware on your system that wasn't designed to handle it.

I really wish you had posted before trashing your setup. There's an event
viewer that might have given us an indication of the source of the issue.
Now, just to get set up, you'll need to remove most everything, disconnect
peripherals except mouse and keyboard, remove all cards except your graphics
card, then see if you can get XP to install.

It also helps if we know something about your system, processor, speed, how
much memory, type of memory, various devices (soundcard, graphics card),
what's connected to the system, what were you doing when the crashes
occurred. Does the graphics card have its own dedicated memory or does it
share with main system memory?

I know you were ventilating but it's non-productive if you want us to help
and now that you've trashed the setup, your only choice is trial and error.
That may have been the case even without trashing it but XP gives a lot of
clues to the source of the problem that previous versions did not.
 
So I guess it would have to be Windows itself since
everything else seems fine.
Click to expand...

Guess what you're wrong, if it was ok before and then you did a complete
reinstall of windows it is a hardware issue.
 
Christ said:
Well I tought The useless Blue Screens were a thing of
the past with Xp, gess what, I was wrong.

Not long ago my computer started crashing on me, for no
apparent reason. I had not changed anything in it
hardware or software.

Well I started with the basic Scandisk and Defrag, no
problem detected so I ran test on the hard drives and
they seem fine. Ran benchmark on the memory and video
card and all seems well on that side too.

But the thing is, it keeps crashing more and more.
and I can't read the Blue Screens because as soon as they
pop up the computer reboots and I can't even pause it.

So I gess it would have to be Windows itself since
everything else seems fine. Today I decided to format and
reinstall it. Gess What...

I boot from de WinXp Pro Cd, it gets to Startin Windows
and then gives me another Blue Screen. (at least I can
read this one even if the thechnical Information doesn't
mean anything to me.

I tried a couple of time, the errors read as follow:

#1
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent damage to your computer...

Technical Information
*** Stop: 0X0000007E (0X0000005, 0X807CB59F, 0X9EE5C70,
0XF9EE5970)

#2
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent damage to your computer...

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Technical Information
*** Stop: 0X0000000A (OX0379A6DC, 0X0000000C, 0X00000000,
0X801880DE)


If anyone can figure out these Technical Information
please let me know their meaning.

Thanks.
.
Click to expand...

See MVP Jim Eshelman's web page for STOP errors at
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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