Hi, have been having this problem for some time - get a BSOD randomly usualy in the first few mins after botting up - but sometimes after PC has been on for hours. It can be during gaming, surfing, or nothing. sometimes it wont happen for days, or like the last half hour it can restart over and over in the first 30 seconds after boot. Since it started happening my PSU started playing up and has been replaced, my graphics card has been upgraded, and my HDD's have been replaced (although the data was cloned from the old drives). I've run checks on HDD (chkdsk and WD diagnostics) and memtest86+ with no errors found.

my PC is as follows (at least I'm pretty sure - this is from memory):
Windows XP SP2
Abit KN8 SLi
AMD 64 3000+
1GB Crucial RAM (think 2700 but can check on this later)
Hiper 580W type R PSU
Maxtor 250GB
WD 300GB
GeForce 7600GT

if anyone could help me interpret these minidumps that would be great.

thanks a lot,

Dan

re: Mini021708-07.dmp

kd> !analyze -v
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If kernel debugger is available get stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000003c, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000002, IRQL
Arg3: 00000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: b8e67701, address which referenced memory

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

FAULTING_IP:
NVTcp+b701
b8e67701 8b793c mov edi,dword ptr [ecx+3Ch]

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 7

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: COMMON_SYSTEM_FAULT

FOLLOWUP_IP:
NVTcp+b701
b8e67701 8b793c mov edi,dword ptr [ecx+3Ch]

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: NVTcp

IMAGE_NAME: NVTcp.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4253b85b

SYMBOL_NAME: NVTcp+b701

get the latest updates for your chipset/driver

hi, thanks for the responses guys - removed NVidia's Network Access Manager from my add/remove programs list, and that seems to have at least helped - I'll d/l the latest drivers from abit next.

cheers,

Dan

well after restarting my PC multiple times yesterday - still seems to be running perfectly, obviously difficult to say definitively as it was random when it was crashing - but it looks pretty good! :grinthumb

I installed the latest drivers no prob and didn't install the Network Access Manager - so at the moment am running with windows own firewall - any recomendations for other firewalls?

Thanks again!

sunbelt kerio personal firewall (paid/free)
zonealarm free/pro (paid/free)
comodo firewall

other AV suites like AVG, Nortons, Mcafee, one care etc.... lots... just have a look yourself and see what suits you better..