Blue screening in MS Windows XP Pro

[Rob]

Sorry for the relatively spammy message. Basically, my
computer has been blue screening a lot. I can't figure
out why, and the KB has no information about the stop
codes or anything like that. Any help would be
appreciated. I don't particularly want to reinstall XP,
but I can given enough time. Anyway, the log in the
event viewer is pasted below.

Thanks,
Rob

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 7/7/2003
Time: 7:50:17 PM
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxxxx
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck
was: 0x10000050 (0xab3bf0eb, 0x00000000, 0xab3bf0eb,
0x00000000). A dump was saved in:
C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini070703-02.dmp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

Since this is non-specific, it's most likely either a driver problem or you
have some compatibility problem with one or more applications installed on
your system. With regard to hardware be sure all your drivers are up to
date, be sure to visit manufacturer web sites for updates and patches.

If all drivers are up to date, go to Control Panel, open System, go to the
Hardware tab, click device manager, look for any red or yellow warnings as
that indicates a problem that might go beyond drivers or a device that may
have the latest drivers but the device itself may not be compatible with XP
even with the latest drivers.

If everything is fine, then concentrate on applications. Again, make sure
all applications are up to date, compatible with XP and have all patches or
the latest versions. If all is well, start removing applications one by
one. After each removal, run the system for awhile to see if the problem is
gone away. Later, you may have to do the same with hardware, removing items
one by one until you find the culprit. Since you can't boot without a
graphics card, if you have another card, you might swap that with the
current card to see if it makes a difference.

If you have cameras or other devices tethered to the system, they may be the
culprit so in removing devices, start with those.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry for the relatively spammy message. Basically, my
> computer has been blue screening a lot. I can't figure
> out why, and the KB has no information about the stop
> codes or anything like that. Any help would be
> appreciated. I don't particularly want to reinstall XP,
> but I can given enough time. Anyway, the log in the
> event viewer is pasted below.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> Event Type: Information
> Event Source: Save Dump
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1001
> Date: 7/7/2003
> Time: 7:50:17 PM
> User: N/A
> Computer: xxxxxxx
> Description:
> The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck
> was: 0x10000050 (0xab3bf0eb, 0x00000000, 0xab3bf0eb,
> 0x00000000). A dump was saved in:
> C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini070703-02.dmp.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>