shutting down problem

[Darkclone]

the files are the same as the one above

[Darkclone]

should i do the bios again before i done this
it randomly froze but at the log in screen but that was all,
i could play games and listen t music and do stuff without shutting itself down

[Thorsson]

The second one involves an AV program, which is not one I'm familiar with, but I found reports that said it is a known cause of crashes in XP. I'd suggest using a different AV program, e.g. the free AVG (make sure you just use the base AV and turn off other options) or Avast.

I also note that you're on XP SP2, which suggests that your XP hasn't been patched up to date. Some people have had problems with SP3 (I haven't, but then I try to keep what loads on my PC lean and mean), but as a new install you have little to lose by giving it a try IMO.

[ezri]

Yeah I would definitely uninstall that anti-virus program, use something like Avast instead. Or just install any anti-virus for about a week and see if you have any further problems, if you don't then the chances are it was the program.

[Darkclone]

thank you erzi and everyone else that posted.
just downloaded sp3 even tho i got updates turned on lol.
and will give the anti virus a go and let you no what happens
thanks again

Dark

[Darkclone]

ok ive updated with sp3 and the problem is slightly worse
shuts down just playing warcraft lol. so any suggestions ???
i think the problem is ishoud not ahe updated bios and left it alone iwth abit flash menu in windows.

[Will404]

Hmm... could it be a virus?????

You may need to reinstall some drivers,... or windows???

[Darkclone]

Hmm... could it be a virus?????

You may need to reinstall some drivers,... or windows???

well im doing the drivers now if that doesent solve it thats my next step

[Paul Adams]

I would agree with the previous observations - problem is most likely hardware (CPU, RAM or overheating issue) or a driver corrupting pool memory.

I would do the following after ensuring you have a good backup:
1. Run "verifier.exe" from Start / Run
2. Select "Create custom settings", click Next
3. Select "Select individual settings from a full list", click Next
4. Tick "Special pool", click Next
5. Select "Select driver names from a list", click Next
6. Click the list heading "Provider" to sort by company
7. Tick each driver in the list that is not Microsoft
8. Click Finish & reboot

(Should Windows fail to boot, select "last known good" to boot without Driver Verifier enabled, run verifier.exe again and select "Delete existing settings" to disable verification options on all drivers.)

When the system comes back up:
1. Right-click My Computer, click Properties
2. Select the Advanced tab, click Settings button in "Startup and Recovery"
3. From the drop-down list under "Write debugging information", select "Kernel memory dump"
4. Click OK on both windows

When your system next bugchecks it will spend longer on the blue screen while it writes the used virtual memory for kernel mode to the page file before rebooting.

After rebooting, the dump is copied from the page file to MEMORY.DMP in the Windows folder, then the system continues initialization as normal.

If you can zip & upload the DMP file somewhere, I can take a look and see if we can spot which driver it might be.
(There are a few sites where files can be hosted for free if you search around.)

[Thorsson]

I feel confident that it's not the BIOS. Either the BIOS flashes successfully or you get a dead board. Have you uninstalled that AV you were using? If so I'd put money on a corrupt windows - however it could be a hardware induced corruption.

[Darkclone]

is there anything i can compare what temps everything should be ???

[Darkclone]

I feel confident that it's not the BIOS. Either the BIOS flashes successfully or you get a dead board. Have you uninstalled that AV you were using? If so I'd put money on a corrupt windows - however it could be a hardware induced corruption.

tbh im thinking the same at the mo of writing this everything is holding up got
win media playing and warcraft running and this website up and
everything is running fine, so gunna try the virus thing tomorrow.

[Will404]

is there anything i can compare what temps everything should be ???

Does sandra let you compair your temps with other temps??? It lets you compair the rest of your benchmarks...

[Thorsson]

No, Sandra doesn't compare temps. Best thing is just to use a few programs and post the results here.

[Darkclone]

right im using speedfan 4.34

system 37.0
cpu seen temp over 87???
aux goes up to at least 50
temp stays at about 60
hd0 about 37
hd1 about 35
temp1 goes over 90
core0
core1 goes over 90

so if reading this right then ive deff got a temp problem????
and if so what would be the best way to get the temps down???

[Darkclone]

just a quick update ive now got a fan on front now also one on the side
changed virus program to avast if that doesent sort it out what do u recomend

maybe new case with better cooling if so could u link a few here???
money wise im not sure so just post em here anyway