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frequent crash to BSOD
Name: AzNLyFe6 Date: January 26, 2006 at 17:30:56 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 3000+ 1gb
Comment:
i seem to get frequent blue screen crashes and it would say machine_check_exception or something at the very top and its only when im doing something that is demanding power from the computer like playing a game or opening more than 2 internet explorers and playing music at the same time it would crash all the time or it would on occasion any help?
system specs
athlon 64 3000+ evga 7800GT 512 x 2 kingston DDR1 Ram GA-K8N51GMF-9 motherboard Western Digital 80GB
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB x2 512 DDR RAM eVGA Geforce 7800GT N Force 4 Mobo
Name: jam Date: January 26, 2006 at 19:48:22 Pacific
Reply:
It would help if you knew what the error message was...
Have you tested your RAM?
Hellz Yea!
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Response Number 2
Name: TMP-Man Date: January 26, 2006 at 20:06:55 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe your RAM timing could be too aggressive, like forcing RAM default CL3-3-3 run at 2-2-2, then you would get BSOD...
TMP-Man
Asus A7V classic rev 1.05 Athlon XP 2100+ @ 129x17 = 2195Mhz 1.81v 768MB PC133 RAM @ 129Mhz 2-2-2 40GB 540RPM + 120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radeon 9500 mod 9700 @ stock 275/540
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Response Number 3
Name: jhunt303 Date: January 27, 2006 at 05:57:03 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like
RAM Virus Overheating HDD Corruption or PSU
in that order
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Response Number 4
Name: AzNLyFe6 Date: January 27, 2006 at 11:51:01 Pacific
Reply:
scanned frequently for viruses my computer seems at a stable temperature im not sure how to check hard drive corruption or PSU problem but i get the feeling also its ram to
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB x2 512 DDR RAM eVGA Geforce 7800GT N Force 4 Mobo
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Response Number 5
Name: jam Date: January 27, 2006 at 12:36:26 Pacific
Reply:
one way to find out:
http://www.memtest86.com/#download0
Hellz Yea!
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Response Number 6
Name: compdoc Date: February 15, 2006 at 13:50:23 Pacific
Reply:
the GA-K8N51GMF-9 seems to have major problems. please read through these user reviews:
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