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BulletHole24
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I wasn't sure where else to put this so I figured I would go with the CPU.
For many weeks now my machine has been giving me Blue Screens of Death. At first, I didn't have any mini dumps, but I was able to narrow it down to the wireless adapter giving problems. I bought a new one, plugged it in and everything was fine for a couple of weeks. Then suddenly the blue screens started popping up again (multiple times per day). I figured this may have been due to the old adapter's drivers conflicting with the new adapter so I made sure both were uninstalled and installed the latest drivers for the new adapter (it's a Netgear WG111v3). Everything was fine for a couple of days and lo and behold, more blue screens. I ran Memtest for 9 passes and no errors were found. I ran a HDD check via the Windows System Tools, did a disk/registry cleanup via CCleaner and then ran a Defrag. The blue screens persisted. So at this point I tried to be clever and ran an ethernet cable across the hallway from the router to the computer. My problem was solved; there were no more blue screens... at least for about a week. Then, another blue screen, this time from a different driver than any of the other blue screens. At this point, I have no idea what else to do with this thing. Keep in mind this machine is very, very old and the core of it was built in 2005 with many of the other parts dating some year prior to 2003. I ran a virus/malware/spyware check and only a low threat Trojan was detected that I removed. Here are the specs:
Antec TruePower 480W PS (2005)
Asus A8V Deluxe MOBO (2005)
AMD 64 3500+ clocked @ 2.2GHz (2005)
2GB Corsair RAM (2005)
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT GPU (2005)
40GB IDE HDD (prior to 2003)
80GB IDE HDD (prior to 2003)
DVD-ROM/CD R/W combo (prior to 2003)
Floppy Disk Drive (prior to 2003)
Viewsonic CRT Monitor (2005)
Windows XP Professional SP3
Nothing is overclocked. I will post all of my (distinct) minidumps one at a time to make this thread a bit easier on the eyes. I am at my wits end with this thing. At this point I'm thinking it is a hardware problem (CPU overheating? PSU overheating? RAM not being refreshed enough?). This is my mother's computer and unfortunately I am leaving in a couple of days for 10 weeks so I won't be able to do the usual, pain in the butt hardware checks (using the comp with one stick of RAM at a time, etc.) and she thinks she might break something if she does it herself. Keep in mind she just about never reboots this thing as I have been telling her she should be doing. The most obvious guess would be faulty USB ports, I don't have a PS/2 mouse to fully test this and my mother doesn't know how to use a computer with only a keyboard.
For many weeks now my machine has been giving me Blue Screens of Death. At first, I didn't have any mini dumps, but I was able to narrow it down to the wireless adapter giving problems. I bought a new one, plugged it in and everything was fine for a couple of weeks. Then suddenly the blue screens started popping up again (multiple times per day). I figured this may have been due to the old adapter's drivers conflicting with the new adapter so I made sure both were uninstalled and installed the latest drivers for the new adapter (it's a Netgear WG111v3). Everything was fine for a couple of days and lo and behold, more blue screens. I ran Memtest for 9 passes and no errors were found. I ran a HDD check via the Windows System Tools, did a disk/registry cleanup via CCleaner and then ran a Defrag. The blue screens persisted. So at this point I tried to be clever and ran an ethernet cable across the hallway from the router to the computer. My problem was solved; there were no more blue screens... at least for about a week. Then, another blue screen, this time from a different driver than any of the other blue screens. At this point, I have no idea what else to do with this thing. Keep in mind this machine is very, very old and the core of it was built in 2005 with many of the other parts dating some year prior to 2003. I ran a virus/malware/spyware check and only a low threat Trojan was detected that I removed. Here are the specs:
Antec TruePower 480W PS (2005)
Asus A8V Deluxe MOBO (2005)
AMD 64 3500+ clocked @ 2.2GHz (2005)
2GB Corsair RAM (2005)
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT GPU (2005)
40GB IDE HDD (prior to 2003)
80GB IDE HDD (prior to 2003)
DVD-ROM/CD R/W combo (prior to 2003)
Floppy Disk Drive (prior to 2003)
Viewsonic CRT Monitor (2005)
Windows XP Professional SP3
Nothing is overclocked. I will post all of my (distinct) minidumps one at a time to make this thread a bit easier on the eyes. I am at my wits end with this thing. At this point I'm thinking it is a hardware problem (CPU overheating? PSU overheating? RAM not being refreshed enough?). This is my mother's computer and unfortunately I am leaving in a couple of days for 10 weeks so I won't be able to do the usual, pain in the butt hardware checks (using the comp with one stick of RAM at a time, etc.) and she thinks she might break something if she does it herself. Keep in mind she just about never reboots this thing as I have been telling her she should be doing. The most obvious guess would be faulty USB ports, I don't have a PS/2 mouse to fully test this and my mother doesn't know how to use a computer with only a keyboard.
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