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Random Crashing
Name: Nitto414 Date: September 20, 2008 at 16:28:42 Pacific OS: XP SP3 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 64 3700+/2 gig
Comment:
My computer randomly crashes. Sometimes when playing games or just doing nothing.
I was hopeing this dump file would help. I am unable to open and read them so I was hopeing someone else could.
But I suggest that you first check your temperatures and then check your memory.
Memory test http://memtest86.com/ There is a version to create a bootable floppy diskette and/or an ISO for creating a CD. Run it overnight and any failures are unacceptable.
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Response Number 2
Name: Nitto414 Date: September 20, 2008 at 17:22:15 Pacific
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I have ran memtest overnight with 0 errors.
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Response Number 3
Name: Nitto414 Date: September 20, 2008 at 17:24:10 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to edit my message.
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