Re: Dim 8400 problems
- From: Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_not@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:14:03 -0400
As is often the case, the citations for stop codes on the Microsoft web site
prove useless. But here is one from uSoft that may actually help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251
Here is a thread that claims a rootkit infection:
http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50966
You can google for other possibilities.
But first, I would determine the manufacturer of the drive, then download and
run that manufacturer's diagnostic software. A failing hard drive can cause
all kinds of symptons. I would also download and run the MEMTEST-86 memory
diagnostics.
Unless you know that the hardware is 100% operational, you may be wasting your
time troubleshooting a phantom hardware problem.
.... Ben Myers
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:55:03 -0500, Tom Simchak <not.today@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, for the 1st time ever, today my box started acting up...in a big way..
It's a Dim 8400 running MCE w/1.5 gigs of RAM. PCI-X card.
When I came in this AM, it looked like the computer had shut itself down
overnight...I leave it on 24/7 during the week, and off on weekends.
I rebooted, and everything seemed OK for about 5 or 10 mins., when I got
the XP equivalent of the BSOD. I rebooted again...hard reboot because I
could not get out of the BSOD. Again, everything seemed OK, this time
for several hours. There was an error message, but it did not reference
any particular component or driver.
This afternoon, it did the same thing, although this time it had a
section entitled "Technical Information"
It made reference to the following:
*** STOP: 0x0000008e (0xc0000005, 0xbf1af979, 0x981896c, 0x00000000
*** ati3duag.dll - address BF1AF979 base at BF084000, datestamp 412ccba1
The physical memory was dumped.
At this point, I shut everything down, unplugged all the peripherals and
opened the case, and use about half a can of air on it. There was some
dust, but not all that much...no dust bunnies anywhere. The machine is
not on the floor, and the building is not all the dusty.
Put everything back together, and rebooted. Got what appeared to be the
same screen as the first one that made no reference to a component or
driver. I rebooted again, and here I am.
I know ATI is the video...is this a warning that the video card is about
to crap out? Or something else? Is the dust issue what was causing
this problem?
Comments, suggestions are welcome.
Thanks.
Tom S.
Houston, TX
(no, not Tom Scales in FL)
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