Blue screen crashes throughout the day

[BK]

Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.

Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what software is
causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP 2400
processor with 512Mb memory.

At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and can
take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.

Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa lite
running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does crash.
Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.

Help

BK

[Jim Carlock]

Make sure your processor fan isn't slowing down and your processor isn't
getting hot.

Jim Carlock

[scout764]

Try updating or rolling back video card drivers. The
latest drivers for Radeon(Catalyst)resulted in numerous
lockups, freezes on my PC. Make sure you go to the
manufacturer of your card for drivers. Some Radeons
are "Powered By ATI" some "Made by ATI".

>-----Original Message-----
>Make sure your processor fan isn't slowing down and your
processor isn't
>getting hot.
>
>Jim Carlock
>
>
>.
>

[BK]

Thanks, it seems to be running ok. I think it even had a special fan
installed for 'extra' cooling :)

BK


"Jim Carlock" > wrote in message
...
> Make sure your processor fan isn't slowing down and your processor isn't
> getting hot.
>
> Jim Carlock
>
>

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

Whats the blue screen?

"BK" > wrote in message
...
> Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.
>
> Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what software is
> causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP 2400
> processor with 512Mb memory.
>
> At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and can
> take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.
>
> Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa lite
> running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does
crash.
> Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.
>
> Help
>
> BK
>
>

[ray :]

no wonder with those apps running...some dude is prolly zapping
you...you realise that everybody on the internet has direct access to
ur hard disk when you run those file sharing proggies..if you gonna
run that **** get used to it...be thankfull they not doin worse things
to you :-{
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:20:50 -0400, "Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)"
> wrote:

>Whats the blue screen?
>
>"BK" > wrote in message
...
>> Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.
>>
>> Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what software is
>> causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP 2400
>> processor with 512Mb memory.
>>
>> At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and can
>> take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.
>>
>> Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa lite
>> running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does
>crash.
>> Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.
>>
>> Help
>>
>> BK
>>
>>
>

Ray <|:-)>

[BK]

Yes, but even if none of those apps are running, its still crashing..

BK

"ray : )" > wrote in message
news:3eb6b25c.51441579@news-server...
> no wonder with those apps running...some dude is prolly zapping
> you...you realise that everybody on the internet has direct access to
> ur hard disk when you run those file sharing proggies..if you gonna
> run that **** get used to it...be thankfull they not doin worse things
> to you :-{
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:20:50 -0400, "Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)"
> > wrote:
>
> >Whats the blue screen?
> >
> >"BK" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.
> >>
> >> Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what software
is
> >> causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP
2400
> >> processor with 512Mb memory.
> >>
> >> At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and
can
> >> take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.
> >>
> >> Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa lite
> >> running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does
> >crash.
> >> Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.
> >>
> >> Help
> >>
> >> BK
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Ray <|:-)>

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

And whats the blue screen?

"BK" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, but even if none of those apps are running, its still crashing..
>
> BK
>
> "ray : )" > wrote in message
> news:3eb6b25c.51441579@news-server...
> > no wonder with those apps running...some dude is prolly zapping
> > you...you realise that everybody on the internet has direct access to
> > ur hard disk when you run those file sharing proggies..if you gonna
> > run that **** get used to it...be thankfull they not doin worse things
> > to you :-{
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:20:50 -0400, "Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >Whats the blue screen?
> > >
> > >"BK" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.
> > >>
> > >> Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what
software
> is
> > >> causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP
> 2400
> > >> processor with 512Mb memory.
> > >>
> > >> At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and
> can
> > >> take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa
lite
> > >> running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does
> > >crash.
> > >> Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.
> > >>
> > >> Help
> > >>
> > >> BK
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > Ray <|:-)>
>
>

[mwb]

Is this a new system you built, or something you'd had previously and
just upgraded to XP? When I built my Athlon XP 2000 I had a very
similar problem unless I clocked back the processor speed to the point
where the system thought is was an Athlon XP 1600. Turns out the CPU
was crap. If this is a new system for you, try clocking back the CPU
and see if the crashes stop. My guess is, they will.




On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:52:44 +0100, "BK" > wrote:

>Win XP Pro installed for 4 months now.
>
>Getting constant blue screens and crashes. Cant pinpoint what software is
>causing this. Have a Radeon 128 Rage Pro graphics card and Athlon XP 2400
>processor with 512Mb memory.
>
>At times, a restart back to XP gets back to a blue screen again, and can
>take upto 2-3 more soft resets before its safe again.
>
>Any ideas as to how I identify the problem? I tend to leave Kazaa lite
>running or WinMX but have tried without either and eventually it does crash.
>Also closed down ZoneAlarm as well but still experiences crashes.
>
>Help
>
>BK
>