System Memory Dump Issue

[Jake]

Hey everyone,

One of my systems its a 2.4Ghz Windows 2k Pro custom built and it has never really given me any problems. Lately for no reason randomly it'll crash and give me that blue memory dump screen. I believe this is a driver issue, does anyone have any other ideas? I've tried to read the screen as it comes up, usually it'll give you some idea of where the problem is.

However its flashing for all of 2 seconds, this will happen even while booting in safe mode. Than it'll restart itself and crash a few more times. I had recently installed Adobe Reader 7.0 and a video editing program, problems began shortly after that. I removed them, the problem was gone. Than it seems everytime I install any program, even those previously on that machine the issue will rear its head again. Any ideas appreciated, I'm thinking i'll end up having to reinstall Windows if this keeps up. Perry, remind me to buy a Mac. :guns

[AWAaviatrix]

Re: System Memory Dump Issue

Hey everyone,

One of my systems its a 2.4Ghz Windows 2k Pro custom built and it has never really given me any problems. Lately for no reason randomly it'll crash and give me that blue memory dump screen. I believe this is a driver issue, does anyone have any other ideas? I've tried to read the screen as it comes up, usually it'll give you some idea of where the problem is.

My Dell laptop recently did that blue memory dump thing for a month before it refused to even start. Dell had to come out and replace the mother board to make it work again. I'm not a puter guru though. This was just my experience.
Misty

[Elleth Faewen]

Frequently the blue screen of death (BSoD) is caused by a driver, but it can also be indicative of hardware failure such as a bad memory chip. Check your system event log for event ID 1003. If you see it, tell me what the error number and parameters are for it.

If you want to read the message on the BSoD, if your system stays up long enough, you can turn off the automatic restart after a system failure. Go to Control Panel / System / Advanced then click on Settings in the Startup and Recovery section. Towards the middle of the screen is a section called "System failure." Turn off the Automatically Restart check box. This means you will have to restart manually for any BSoD stop failures until you change this setting back.