Everytime I log on I get an system message saying "the system has recovered from a serious error" the error signiature is BCCode:1000008e BCP1:C0000005 BCP2:BF9C3BC2 BCP3:F7314B58 BCP4:00000000 OSVer:5_1_2600 SP:0_0 Product:256_1 the errror report contents are C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini101105-03.dmp C:DOCUME~1\Jason\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2tmp.dir00\sysdata.xml the numbers in "Mini101105-03.dmp" change everytime. and some of the numbers in he error signature change too. While doing a search i have read that it might be an overheating problem so i opened my case and pointed an 8" fan directly at my motherboard so I can poretty much rule that out.. Also nothing is overclocked. This is a new system and its had this problem from day one. At first it said the bios needed updating so i did that. Seems when i fix one thing something else goes wrong. does anyone have a clue what is going on? or how i can find out what is going on? Thanks so much in advance for any help or ideas.

Jason, since it's a new system, WARRANTY comes to mind. Maybe you need to let them worry about fixing it? HTH. Ed in Texas.

A google search, points mainly to memory. http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=sysdata.xml&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Check if you have bad RAM sticks. If you have two or more RAM sticks, take out one at a time. If only one stick, swap it with known good RAM.

I had 2 512 ddr in and I took 1 out. ANd it worked. I am the curious type so i swaped the ram chips. And it worked. I put the other ram chip back in and it still worked?????? What the hell? Well its working ........for now anyway. I don't want to get too smiley just yet. Thanks Jason

Could have been a little foreign matter in the slot, preventing a good connection. If you have any further problem, I use a vacuum with a tapered plastic end to clean out the slots.

You Receive a "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error" Message After Every Restart

I find these worth doing Jason. Clearing virtual memory, does slow shutdown. Clear virtual memory on shutdown. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/567.mspx Windows does not normally clear or recreate the page file. On a heavily used system this can be both a security threat and performance drop. Enabling this setting will cause Windows to clear the page file whenever the system is shutdown. Note: Please note on systems with large amounts of memory, and therefore large swap-file, this tweak could cause a delay at shutdown due to the additional time taken to clear the data from the file. Go into Administration Tools [under "Performance and Maintenance" in Control Panel], then Local Security Policy, Security Settings,Local Policies, Security Options. Scroll down to "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile". Right click and select properties then click "Enabled". ===================================== 39. How to improve on shutdown time? http://www.xptuneup.com/tip0050.htm Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. Default value is 0. Change it to 1.