Hardware Failure

5ftGiant

Hi all,

Ive got some form of hardware failure, but cannot confirm exactly which device it is. I get my usual Blue-screen-of-death before the auto reboot, but no reference to which device caused the problem.

I suspect its my video card as it normally crashes when using something quite graphical, but sometimes even when idle it crashes.

It could also be my processor, but the load and temp on both the CPU and RAM are within usable range.

Any ideas or methods to find the culprit? I dont want to go buying each piece individually and end up replacing HW that is perfectly fine.......

Zanks!

FYI, here are my devices.......

AMD athlon XP 2600+ (2001)
1 GB DDR RAM (2006)
nVidia GFX5200 (2001)
200GB sansung HD (2006)
Audigy SC etc etc (2002)

Stephen

Configure the system to not auto-reboot on blue screen and post the error here. You can do this, assuming Windows XP, by going to properties on my computer, advanced, click the settings button under "startup and recovery" and uncheck the "automatically reboot" box.

5ftGiant

thanks...

No probs, will do so later on, was aware i could do this but was assuming the screen of death message was the same for all. What do you need exactly, IRQ number, hardware ID etc?

Stephen

Nah, the BSOD can vary from problem to problem. Just tell us exactly what it says when it happens.

5ftGiant

Ok, here we go........ (it took like 5 mins after 1st boot!! :rolleyes: )

"A Problem has been detected...... (usual bull)

If this is the 1st time.....

Run System diag....

Disable/restore new H/W....

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007F (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Beginning dump of physical memory....."

Any thoughts? Thanx......

hopeful

A Google of 'Stop Error 0x0000007F' gives various causes...best have a read through and see if any are pertinent to your system and situation.

A quick read points towards a memory issue or heat...but also other options.

5ftGiant

hopeful wrote:

A quick read points towards a memory issue or heat...but also other options.

Thanks, i gathered that too from looking, either heat or other, which i picked up to be an xp sp2 bug that takes a lot of effort to get help from MS on ! As usual, MS site a pile of crap!
I havent ruled out the possibilty of the OS being the problem but it hasnt been evident before after many a formatting and reinstalling with the same disc....

So then im left with heat, which i hoped not to be. As i earlier mentioned, i think i can safely rule out my RAM and probable my CPU, so i suspect the GPU (ive no temp monitor on it im afraid). Any way to tell from the error message (or by any means) which fecker is giving me this heartache!?

Thanks....

hopeful

Worth ruling out memory issues first..try Memtest..instructions on how to use on the site. You would be surprised how often faulty memory only shows up under intensive testing.

If your memory passes then try to get a spare GPU to test to rule that out (or in).

5ftGiant

I'm on the case.... update you soon, cheers

5ftGiant

Error message has now changed, getting:

0x00000050 - "possible conflict between Windows (XP SP1) and the display adapter drivers" ..... i run SP2 tho, have my doubts about its stability!

Also defined as - "occurs when requested data is not found in memory. The system generates a fault, which normally indicates that the system looks for data in the paging file. In this circumstance, however, the missing data is identified as being located within an area of memory that cannot be read to disk. The system faults, but cannot find, the data and is unable to recover. Faulty hardware, a buggy system service, antivirus software, and a corrupted NTFS volume can all generate this type of error."

Then i got a 0x000000D1 - "Error Message When You Try to Shut Down the Computer" & "When you shut down your computer that has one or more universal serial bus (USB) devices attached to it:".... only usb device at present is the mouse/keyboard receiver...

Then i got 0x000000oa - very little on the net about it.....

Havent tested my memory yet but plan to today.....

Any other input?

hopeful

Still reckon best thing is to rule out memory and gpu erros before even thinking about anything else.
A reinstall of XP may also be worth trying if you have never had this error before.
From your first post you seem to suspect your GPU..always check the hunches