Bugcheck, rebooting

[Bob McGovern]

I'm running XP Professional, and it reboots seemingly randomly. The event log says it rebooted from a bugcheck, the most recent of which was 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x70804f5b, 0xed850b88, 0x00000000).

Another recent one was 0x0000007f (0x0000000d, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).

What is causing this? Thanks,

Bob McGovern

[Malke]

Bob McGovern wrote:

> I'm running XP Professional, and it reboots seemingly randomly. The
> event log says it rebooted from a bugcheck, the most recent of which
> was 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x70804f5b, 0xed850b88, 0x00000000).
>
> Another recent one was 0x0000007f (0x0000000d, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
> 0x00000000).
>
> What is causing this? Thanks,
>
> Bob McGovern

Random reboots usually indicate a hardware failure. Start by testing the
RAM with a tool like Memtest86 (www.memtest86.com). Let the tool run
for a long time, like all day or overnight (unless you see errors right
away, in which case You Know The Answer). If you get errors, then
replace the bad RAM.

Malke
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