Random computer crashing

[Gabriel Dragffy]

I once had a faulty memory module which caused crashing in the same place 
doing the same thing. This could happen since when windows loads up at this 
point it encounters the faulty memory area and then crashes, but enough stuff 
has to fill the ram until it reaches the bad part... if you see what i mean.
cheers
gabe

On Tuesday 09 May 2006 14:18, Mitchell Brown wrote:
> Thanks, I'll try this - I just put in my ultimate boot cd now and it's
> running memtest86. Then, after that, in the morning, I'll check out pc
> health in the bios. I was in there earlier and tried loading both the
> failsafe defaults and the optimized defaults - obviously, to no avail. And
> yes, I did pull the case out yesterday to plug something in. Hmm. Maybe I
> bumped something loose. I'll check into it!
>
> Still though, mighty peculiar to be happening in one specific spot :S
>
> On 5/9/06, Simon Edwards <simon at simonzone.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 09 May 2006 07:07, Mitchell Brown wrote:
> > > Well, now, here I am at the machine, and all of a sudden, it croaks,
> > > and dies again!
> >
> > It sounds like a hardware problem. The first thing I would do is run a
> > memory
> > check ( http://www.memtest86.com/ ) to make sure that all of the RAM is
> > not
> > faulty.
> >
> > And then I would then turn my attention to the power supply. Check the
> > different voltages are correct (3.3v, 12v etc). You can usually look this
> > up
> > in the BIOS screen (under "PC Health"). If the voltages reported there
> > differ
> > by more than 5% from what they are meant to be, then you might have a
> > problem. While you are there, it is also worth check the temperatures
> > too.
> >
> > I had crashes on a machine last weekend. Turned out that the 3.3v was
> > only running at ~2.75v, way below spec. I replaced the PSU. It is now
> > good again.
> >
> > If you have been working on the machine, or have moved it recently, then
> > you
> > could also open the machine and re-seat the cards and connectors to make
> > sure
> > that they are correctly inserted.
> >
> > If you are still having problems, find some kind of stress test program
> > (so
> > that you can test and crash the mahcine quickly), and then remove cards
> > and
> > hardware until the machine is stable.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
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