Hi guys, I would really love some help on this little problem I've been having with my machine. I'm running got a P4 1.9 on an ASUS P4S8S motherboard with 512mb of RAM, a 64 mb G4 4200 video card, and a 40 gig hard disk. When I'm playing games the computer sometimes (most times) locks up and reboots, and gives me the following error: Error Report Contents C:\windows\minidump\MINI111503-04.dmp C:\docume~1\Tom\locals~1\temp\wer3tmp.dir00\sysdata.xml It's always the same error, so I've got a feeling it's something obvious. Now the weird thing is, it only happens when I'm playing games. For normal desktop work (i.e surfing the net, applications etc) it's perfectly content, and will never lock up or reboot. I've gone into the bios and made sure that nothing special has been setup, so everything's on default. I've had my hard disk and ram physically scanned for any errors, and it was fine. And I've already downloaded the latest drivers for my video card, motherboard, windows, you name it, etc, so I'm about two steps from shotputting my computer out on the street. Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Tom

Sorry to report that it is likely your video card. The nVidia cards and/or drivers have become flaky it seems. I switched to an ATI and have not experienced one in a year. heavy duty graphics seem to get them to misfire. Sory that I do not have a better answer--just my common poor experience with nVidia

RESOLUTION: Use Windows Update to download the System Recovered Error Message Update. Connect to the Internet. Open Windows Update. On the Windows® XP default Start menu, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Update. On the classic Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows Update. Note: If Windows Update is not found on the Start menu, on the Start menu, click Run. In the Run dialog box, type: Wupdmgr.exe. Click OK. Note: The first time the Windows Update Web site is used, you may be prompted to install required software or controls. Click Yes for each of these. After the Web browser page has completely loaded, click Scan for updates. After the Web browser page has completely loaded, click Review and install updates. There may be several items to install. You can install all of them, which may take quite some time to download, or you can remove the unwanted items by clicking Remove. To resolve this specific issue, the System Recovered Error Message Update must be installed. The file is 2.8 megabytes (MB) in size. After the desired items are listed on the Total Selected Updates page, click Install Now. In the Microsoft Windows Update dialog box, click Accept. In the Microsoft Internet Explorer dialog box, click OK to restart the computer. Note: For more information on this issue, read the Microsoft® Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q317277. If the System Recovered Error Message Update (Q317277_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe) does not resolve the issue, use the following steps to delete the Minidump files and reset the Pagefile.sys file. Delete the Minidump files. On the Start menu, click My Computer. In the My Computer window, double-click Local Drive (C:). In the Local Disk C: window, double-click the Windows or WINNT folder, depending on how Windows® XP was installed. If Windows® XP was installed from a CD, the folder is called Windows. If it is a factory installation of Windows® XP, it is called WINNT. Note: If a These files are hidden window opens, click Show the contents of this folder. In the Windows or WINNT window, select the Minidump folder. Click to select each file found in the Minidump folder, and then on the File menu, click Delete. In the Confirm Folder Delete dialog box, click Yes. Close the Minidump window. Reset the Pagefile.sys file. Open Control Panel. On the Windows® XP default Start menu, click Control Panel. On the classic Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, open System. If the computer is in Category View, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click the System icon. If the computer is in Classic View, double-click System. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. In the Performance area, click Settings. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab. In the Virtual Memory area, click Change. In the Virtual Memory dialog box, write down the Initial size (MB) and the Maximum size (MB). After you are finished, click to select No paging file, click Set, and then click OK. In the System Control Panel Applet dialog box, click OK. In the Performance Options dialog box, click OK. In the System Properties dialog box, click OK. Shut down Windows and restart the computer. When the computer restarts, open Control Panel. On the Windows® XP default Start menu, click Control Panel. On the classic Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, open System. If the computer is in Category View, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click the System icon. If the computer is in Classic View, double-click System. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. In the Performance area, click Settings. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab. In the Virtual Memory area, click Change. In the Virtual Memory dialog box, type the Initial size (MB) and the Maximum size (MB) that were written down in step e. After you are finished, click Set, and then click OK. In the System Control Panel Applet dialog box, click OK. In the Performance Options dialog box, click OK. In the System Properties dialog box, click OK. Shut down Windows and restart the computer.

RobbieDickson, You are a chamption. Thanks heaps!!

Hi all. I'm having the same problem as you Tom. It only started recently - on Friday (21/11/2003) night / Saturday (21/11/2003) morning. On Thursday I installed the nVidia 52.16 (I think) drivers and a new version of ZoneAlarm. I have since rolled back the drivers but that didn't seem to help. I've now done the whole resetting the pagefile.sys process. So here's me crossing my fingers. Tastes

my boyfriend and i just purchased a computer one week ago and the same error and issues are that TOM has, we have as well. our system shuts down/reboots itself spontaneously regardless of the program we.re in (we have XP Home). unfortunately, under *windows update* - i don.t have the choice for "system recovered error message update" - it.s simply not there on their site. i found similar choices but nothing like the file you (robbiedickon) listed to download. i would like to try this first - before deleting "mini.dmp" files or having to 'restore' the C:\ drive. we also get the following error: BCCode: fe BCP1: 00000002 BCP2: 822087D8 BCP3: 81C9E008 BCP4: 8217BA28 OSVer: S_1_2600 SP:1_0 Product: 768_1 which from what i.ve found so far = some programs with non-compliant drivers that need to be updated. any resolution to this? thanks ahead of time...cutemonkeygrrrl

Hi cutemonkeygrrrl. My problem seems to have been resolved by one of two things: a) I uninstalled the newer version of ZoneAlarm is installed. or b) By having the system manage the page file size. Tastes