CPC2004 or anyone who can read minidumps

Hi there!!

This is my first post, mainly because I didn't know what minidumps were or where they were located until earlier tonite.


I have attached quite a few minidumps. Mine seem to occur mainly when trying to run any 3d applications or games. Below is a brief summary of my computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks so much!


Blooz


Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Speed : 3.02GHz
Performance Rating : PR4010 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Internal Data Cache : 8kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 4-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector

Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 Processor(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard : http://www.abit.com.tw/ VT7 (VIA PT880-8237)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Abit Computer Corp PT880 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 201MHz (804MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 201MHz (402MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Dell 2005FPW (Digital)
Adapter : RADEON 9600 SERIES
Adapter : RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary
Imaging Device : Brother MFC-3340CN USB

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : Maxtor 6Y160P0 (153GB)
Hard Disk : Brother MFC-3340CN USB Device
CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A (CD 40X Rd, 32X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 4X Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A : N/A
Hard Disk (C : 153GB (137GB, 90% Free Space) (NTFS)
Sb_install (D : 566MB (CDFS)
Removable Drive (E : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support
USB Controller/Hub : USB Mass Storage Device
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Human Interface : HID-compliant consumer control device
Human Interface : USB Human Interface Device

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
Device : Creative Game Port

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Network Services
Adapter : VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter

Hi blooz4u,

The culprit is faulty ram. I find memory corruption at one of your minidumps.
You can run memtest to stress the ram. If memtest reports the ram is faulty, ram is bad. However Memtest is not a perfect tool to test the memory as some faulty can pass memtest.

Suggestion
1. Check the temperature of the CPU and make sure that it is not overheat (ie temperatur < 60C)
2. Reseat the memory stick to another memory slot
3. Downclock the ram
4. Clean the dust inside the computer case
5. Make sure that the ram is compatible to the motherboard

If it still crashes, diagnostic which memory stick is faulty
1. Take out one memory stick. If windows does not crash, the removed memory stick is faulty.
2. If you have only one memory stick, replace the ram


Debug report of one of your minidumps.

BugCheck 1000008E, {c0000005, 8056bbab, a89ccac8, 0}
Probably caused by : memory_corruption
Followup: memory_corruption
STACK_TEXT:
a89ccb80 8056bd25 dff9c001 0113fedc a89ccc04 nt!ObpCaptureObjectName+0x1b
a89ccbd4 8056f222 00000000 dff9c001 dff9c001 nt!ObpCaptureObjectCreateInformation+0x135
a89ccc18 8057d2d3 0113fe9c 00000000 dff9c001 nt!ObOpenObjectByName+0x62
a89ccc94 8057d3a2 0113fefc c0100080 0113fe9c nt!IopCreateFile+0x407
a89cccf0 8057d3e5 0113fefc c0100080 0113fe9c nt!IoCreateFile+0x8e
a89ccd30 804dd99f 0113fefc c0100080 0113fe9c nt!NtCreateFile+0x30
a89ccd30 7c90eb94 0113fefc c0100080 0113fe9c nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xfc
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
0113fef4 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c90eb94

CHKIMG_EXTENSION: !chkimg -lo 50 -d !nt
8056bbac - nt!ObpCaptureObjectName+1c
[ 55:01 ]
1 error : !nt (8056bbac)

MODULE_NAME: memory_corruption
IMAGE_NAME: memory_corruption
FOLLOWUP_NAME: memory_corruption
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0
MEMORY_CORRUPTOR: ONE_BYTE
STACK_COMMAND: .trap ffffffffa89ccac8 ; kb
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: MEMORY_CORRUPTION_ONE_BYTE
BUCKET_ID: MEMORY_CORRUPTION_ONE_BYTE

Followup: memory_corruption
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Memory

Hi there and thanks for the quick look and reply!!


I did have a ram problem earlier in the year. I have since replaced both sticks with 2x512 and did not get any failed test messages from memtest.

I'll try tonight to move the sticks to other slots on the board.

Might you have any other suggestions??

Thanks,

blooz