Can someone please help me narrow down the reason why my computer keeps crashing? I am at wits end trying to figure this thing out. I have attached some minidumps to assist in the troubleshooting. Here is a little history on the issue. I re-installed windows xp but did not load anything but SP1 and the motherboard drivers to see if it might have been a driver issue
My computer kept crashing while just sitting at idle so I posted here and received plenty of help trying to diagnose the issue. The sad thing was my pc kept crashing. I have tested the memory using memtest, the hard drives using hitachi's drive tester and even reset the page file and re-installed windows but the issue only seemed to be fixed temporarily at best.
I replaced the memory, hard drives, upgraded the all drivers, removed/reseated various pci cards but still cannot get the crashing to stop. When I reduce the bus speed on my motherboard from 166Mhz to 133Mhz the random crashing while idling stops, however when I try to play any type of video file the pc crashes right on schedule. I also added my hard drives to a spare raid controller I had to see if maybe it was a controller card issue on the motherboard. I suppose the only thing left that could be causing an issue could be either the motherboard or the cpu but before I replaced those I wanted to get once last opinion on any other reason why it might be crashing.
Windows XP SP1 (did not feel like installing SP2 after re-installing windows since it was still crashing)
Amd 2500+ Barton 333 Mhz Bus
Shuttle AN35N Ultra-400 Motherboard
1 – 256MB Ram 333Mhz FSB (Kingston)
1 – 256MB Ram 333Mhz FSB (Patriot)
Nvidia FX5200 Video Card 128MB Ram
1 – Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm Drive (Raid 0, Adaptec ATA 1200A Controller)
1 – Hitachi 90GB 7200 rpm Drive (Raid 0, Adaptec ATA 1200A Controller)
8X DVD/RW
Hauppauge PVR-150 Video Capture Card
Ultra-V Series 400 Watt Power Supply
Thanks,
Kevin
My computer kept crashing while just sitting at idle so I posted here and received plenty of help trying to diagnose the issue. The sad thing was my pc kept crashing. I have tested the memory using memtest, the hard drives using hitachi's drive tester and even reset the page file and re-installed windows but the issue only seemed to be fixed temporarily at best.
I replaced the memory, hard drives, upgraded the all drivers, removed/reseated various pci cards but still cannot get the crashing to stop. When I reduce the bus speed on my motherboard from 166Mhz to 133Mhz the random crashing while idling stops, however when I try to play any type of video file the pc crashes right on schedule. I also added my hard drives to a spare raid controller I had to see if maybe it was a controller card issue on the motherboard. I suppose the only thing left that could be causing an issue could be either the motherboard or the cpu but before I replaced those I wanted to get once last opinion on any other reason why it might be crashing.
Windows XP SP1 (did not feel like installing SP2 after re-installing windows since it was still crashing)
Amd 2500+ Barton 333 Mhz Bus
Shuttle AN35N Ultra-400 Motherboard
1 – 256MB Ram 333Mhz FSB (Kingston)
1 – 256MB Ram 333Mhz FSB (Patriot)
Nvidia FX5200 Video Card 128MB Ram
1 – Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm Drive (Raid 0, Adaptec ATA 1200A Controller)
1 – Hitachi 90GB 7200 rpm Drive (Raid 0, Adaptec ATA 1200A Controller)
8X DVD/RW
Hauppauge PVR-150 Video Capture Card
Ultra-V Series 400 Watt Power Supply
Thanks,
Kevin