"E" <eddie180@xlxoxcxaxlxnxextx.com> wrote in message
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| http://members.localnet.com/~eddie18...i031508-01.dmp
|
| I built a computer for a relative that has an occasional blue screen
and
| memory dump. I changed out the video card and RAM about a year ago.
She
| still had an occasional blue screen. I then changed out the power
| supply. The PC worked fine for a few months, until yesterday morning
it
| blue screened again. It seems that it can blue screen at any time,
no
| matter what task is being performed. She tolerated it until the last
two
| recent episodes, when after it blue screened, the system would not
boot.
| Just a black screen and no POST. When I brought it home, and hooked
it
| up to my monitor, keyboard etc... it came on with no problem. I've
never
| had it long enough to duplicate the blue screen.
|
| Here is a list of components:
| ASUS P4P800SE 865PE/ICH5 motherboard.
| Nvidia video card
| 1024MB of name brand memory listed as compatible with the board
| Antec 500W Basiq PSU
|
| Also it has in it PCI cards from her previous Dell computer such
as...
| A Lucent chip set soft modem
| Sound Blaster 5.1
| three port firewire card
|
| I can lose these PCI cards from the old Dell, since she is on DSL,
the
| Asus board has onboard sound, and who needs firewire.
|
| Here is a link to the minidump file created by the latest blue
screen...
| http://members.localnet.com/~eddie18...i031508-01.dmp
|
| I may try on my own to read the minidump by following the directions
| given here... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263
|


Diagnosing a fairly rare blue screen crash problem is like looking for
the proverbial needle in the hay stack. Just a couple more
suggestions come to mind in addition to the informed comments posted
by Paul.

There could be a power/voltage rail problem, which might be caused by
the system or an external source. Setup a voltage monitoring program
and log results to a file, look for dips in the voltages beyond 5%
deviation from spec. There could be power line brownouts that occur
where the computer is in use that can affect stable operation of the
system, and testing the system at your home may not result in the same
operation of the computer. You probably don't know whether the blue
screen error message is the same stop error each time. If the stop
error is rarely the same error, I would suspect power regulation as
one possible source of the problem if no problems are detected after
prolonged testing with programs such as memtest86 and prime95. It
could be a capacitor in the Vcore or Vmem circuit, a bad capacitor in
the PS, dirt in the PS, AC line spikes/brownouts, a bad connection
from the PS to the motherboard (unplug/replug power connectors a few
times, this might help). Run a diagnostic on the HD, does it check
out OK for bad sectors. A dying HD can be the source of corrupted
system files. Keep in mind that it only takes one erroneous bit in a
critical system program to bring down the house. If you locate the
problem, post back with your findings.
--
Best regards,
Kyle