Problem with Vid Card or Memory?

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Kevin

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Hey guys, I'm having trouble with my computer. It just started happening around last Friday. My computer would encounter a stop error when I am playing games or just browsing the Internet, and it would just crash and restart by itself. When my Windows boots back up, Microsoft's Online Crash Analysis (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/response.aspx?SGD=09d62250-94f0-4a4c-aad7-d0af67e07f55&SID=10) says:

"You received this message because a device driver installed on your computer caused the Windows operating system to stop unexpectedly. This type of error is referred to as a "stop error." A stop error requires you to restart your computer.

We have analyzed your error report and at this time are unable to determine the exact cause of the error. However, Microsoft will continue to analyze this error report to try to determine the specific cause of the error. If we are able to find the cause and correct it, and you encounter the same problem, you will receive an updated response that includes instructions for resolving the problem."​

I am wondering if it has to do with my video card or RAM. If it is my video card, is it possible that I "burnt out" my video card from playing too many games? Well, here's some more information about my system:

Abit IT7
Intel P4 2.4GHz
512MB DDR RAM
Gainward 128MB nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 with newest drivers
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with latest updates
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
 
Its possibly a video driver problem, but these things usually dont just happen.

Scan your computer for viruses first just to be sure. If its all clean try updating your video drivers
 
Kevin, give this a shot so you can check further for errors on your own:

Disable automatic restart:
Start>right click My Computer>Properties>Advanced Tab>Startup and Recovery>Settings>remove check mark on Automatic Restart> hit OK.

Event Viewer:
Right click My Computer>Manage>Event Viewer is in the left pane. Expand it> Check the log for errors. Then search the error @ :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;KBHOWTO
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/eventserrors.mspx

gl :)
 
Here's something crazy...I can't even boot up Windows anymore. Since the last system crash, whenever I try to boot up, it goes to the screen where it asks if I want to boot in Safe Mode, Last Know Good Config, Normal Mode, etc. No matter which option I pick, my computer just freezes and nothing happens whatsoever.

I think I am going to reformat and see if that helps...
 
....while not 100% conclusive, an overnight run of Memtest86+ (free download) will nine times out of ten let you know if your memory subsystem has any issues;. it's the first test I run on new builds or memory upgrades.

Good Luck - B.B.S.
 
I think I fixed the problem. I didn't change any hardware. Before I formatted, I ran a chkdsk on my hard drive and it fixed a few problems. After that, I reinstalled Windows and everything seems fine now. I hope it stays this way. Thanks for all the replies guys.
 
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