I hate Microsoft (i.e. please help me...)

[Ellimist]

goddamn computer

This has happened a few times before...
I was in photoshop, just this time, I am not sure if I was the last few times, and my computer restarts itself... I am running Windows XP Home (sorry, shudder...) on a 2.8 Ghz Sony VAIO... 120 Gb HD, Nvidia GeForce FX 5200, 1.5 Gb of DDR RAM. Anyway, after restarting, I get the first message, then "click here", then "click here", and that gives me those boxes... what the hell happened and how can I prevent it? Anyone?

<img src="http://www.geocities.com/quantumgluon/error.txt">

[Kruzin]

Sony Vaio?
There's your problem right there.
Next time, build a real computer.

sorry...couldn't resist.

Possibly mis-matched or bad RAM.
With 1.5gig of RAM, you must be running more than 1 stick.
Try removing sticks, running them one at a time till you find the bad one.

[Ellimist]

Originally posted by Kruzin
Next time, build a real computer.

Possibly mis-matched or bad RAM.
With 1.5gig of RAM, you must be running more than 1 stick.
Try removing sticks, running them one at a time till you find the bad one.

Ha, fair enough... but it works quite well for what it is... of course that is after I ****ed with it for about 7 hours a day for about 8 days straight.

It probably is the RAM... I put in two new sticks of 512 each... one Kingston and one BRAVO... hrm...

in my RAM array...

512 | 256 gap 512 | 256

The two 256s came with the computer... I will check the .dmp files for the dates to see if they correspond with my RAM installations... thanks.

[ayoub_ibrahim]

if you suspect its a ram issue then run memtest to see if it finds any problems.

[VJ]

Hey, I just got the exact same error!
(system booted, I logged on, and when I pressed enter it rebooted again; then it worked, but yielded this error...)


Jörg

[Admiral]

Use some registry tool (advised) or msconfig (might not show it) and see if you have a "kernel_fault check" or similar entry at startup.

Sometimes XP puts/starts this thing after a system crash and the effect is that whenever you boot the OS you get that error window at startup without your componetnts being necessarily damaged.

[Kurt]

you can also use AIDA32 to see the RAM timings/specs from the comfort of your GUI (no install required, just copy the files wherever).

Remove the non-original RAM and see...