Chuckbl3
April 20th 03, 02:14 PM
Sounds like faulty hardware. Start removing hardware one
by one that you can and see if it goes away. For instance
if you have two memory chips, remove one of them. Try a
different sound card if you have one laying around or use
the integrated one if there is one. Make sure all
hardware is firmly inserted. I had problems very similar
to what you are having and it turned out to be pitted
contacts where the memory snaps in.
>-----Original Message-----
>Been havivg real problems with the PC since I built it,
>regular Blue Screens of Death, endless error reports,
what
>a head ache, couldn't work out where I had gone wrong.
>So... reformated the Harddrive, reinstalled XP, hooked
up
>to the internet and downloaded all the updates, nothing
>else was done to or installed on this machine. Fired her
>up this morning, went down for breakfast, 10 minutes or
so
>came back and the thing had just rebooted itself after a
>crash..... WHY????.... full on BSOD, minutes later two
>error reports for an unknown "Device Driver" and
>one "explorer.exe". This cannot be happening there is
>nothing on this machine that is not from Microsoft, no
>virus checker, third party software/hardware... nuffin.
>Just a full NTFS reformat/XP reinstall.
>
>Is there a Tech Head out there who could help me.
>
>Athlon XP 2500
>Asus A7N8X Deluxe
>Radeon 9000 All in Wonder.
>Soundblaster 5.1 Digital
>Maxtor 6Y080l0
>XP Home Sp1
>
>All the Best
>
>Neale
>.
>
by one that you can and see if it goes away. For instance
if you have two memory chips, remove one of them. Try a
different sound card if you have one laying around or use
the integrated one if there is one. Make sure all
hardware is firmly inserted. I had problems very similar
to what you are having and it turned out to be pitted
contacts where the memory snaps in.
>-----Original Message-----
>Been havivg real problems with the PC since I built it,
>regular Blue Screens of Death, endless error reports,
what
>a head ache, couldn't work out where I had gone wrong.
>So... reformated the Harddrive, reinstalled XP, hooked
up
>to the internet and downloaded all the updates, nothing
>else was done to or installed on this machine. Fired her
>up this morning, went down for breakfast, 10 minutes or
so
>came back and the thing had just rebooted itself after a
>crash..... WHY????.... full on BSOD, minutes later two
>error reports for an unknown "Device Driver" and
>one "explorer.exe". This cannot be happening there is
>nothing on this machine that is not from Microsoft, no
>virus checker, third party software/hardware... nuffin.
>Just a full NTFS reformat/XP reinstall.
>
>Is there a Tech Head out there who could help me.
>
>Athlon XP 2500
>Asus A7N8X Deluxe
>Radeon 9000 All in Wonder.
>Soundblaster 5.1 Digital
>Maxtor 6Y080l0
>XP Home Sp1
>
>All the Best
>
>Neale
>.
>