I would appreciate it if someone 'in the know' could take a looka t the minidump files and give me some ideas about what I can look at next. I have followed the instructions about RAM cleaning, swapping slots etc. and could do with some more pointers. Appreciated..

eVolVer

Attached Files

Minidump.zip (77.6 KB, 7 views)

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3 minidumps crash at ntoskrnl.exe. This is Windows bootup kernel. They have a bugcheck of 9C.

1 minidump crashes at sysaudio.sys. This is Windows System Audio WDM Filter driver. It has a bugcheck of 9C.

0x0000009C: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

This is a hardware issue: an unrecoverable hardware error has occurred. The parameters have different meanings depending on what type of CPU you have but, while diagnostic, rarely lead to a clear solution. Most commonly it results from overheating, from failed hardware (RAM, CPU, hardware bus, power supply, etc.), or from pushing hardware beyond its capabilities (e.g., overclocking a CPU).

Regards Howard

Gigabyte 8INXP Mb (E7205) / Intel Pentium III 2.4Ghz
1Gb DDR RAM

Windows XP "Stripped to the bone edition"
Maxtor 200GB
Maxtor 60GB
Western Digital 120GB

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Thanx.

Sorry Pentium IV.

Does that mean there is nothing I can do but buy new hardware? What part of my set up has failed? Do I replace the processor or the motherboard or the RAM?? Thanks for your help..

Unfortunately I have no way of telling which hardware is faulty.

It really is a case of diagnosing this yourself.

Make sure nothing is overclocked.

Start by checking your system temps.

Then check your mobo for bulging, or leaking capacitors. See HERE for firther info.

Check that your ram is comaptible with your mobo. Try running with just one stick of ram.

Check that your psu is powerful enough for your system.

Disconnect anything not required to run your system.

Go HERE and follow the instructions for testing your ram/hard drive/page file.

Regards Howard

Hi,

According to the debug report, it is L1 cache memory of the CPU. RMA the CPU.

BugCheck 9C, {0, 8054da70, cc0000ff, 20040189}

NOTE: This is a hardware error. This error was reported by the CPU
via Interrupt 18. This analysis will provide more information about
the specific error. Please contact the manufacturer for additional
information about this error and troubleshooting assistance.

This error is documented in the following publication:

- IA-32 Intel(r) Architecture Software Developer's Manual
Volume 3: System Programming Guide

Bit Mask:

MA Model Specific MCA
O ID Other Information Error Code Error Code
VV SDP ___________|____________ _______|_______ _______|______
AEUECRC| | | |
LRCNVVC| | | |
^^^^^^^| | | |
6 5 4 3 2 1
3210987654321098765432109876543210987654321098765432109876543210
----------------------------------------------------------------
1100110000000000000000001111111100100000000001000000000110001001


VAL - MCi_STATUS register is valid
Indicates that the information contained within the IA32_MCi_STATUS
register is valid. When this flag is set, the processor follows the
rules given for the OVER flag in the IA32_MCi_STATUS register when
overwriting previously valid entries. The processor sets the VAL
flag and software is responsible for clearing it.

OVER - Error Overflow
Indicates that a machine check error occurred while the results of a
previous error were still in the error-reporting register bank (that
is, the VAL bit was already set in the IA32_MCi_STATUS register).
the processor sets the OVER flag and software is responsible for
clearing it. Enabled errors are written over disabled errors, and
uncorrected errors are written over corrected errors. Uncorrected
errors are not written over previous valid uncorrected errors.

MISCV - IA32_MCi_MISC Register Valid
Indicates that the IA32_MCi_MISC register contains additional
information regarding the error. When clear, this flag indicates
that the IA32_MCi_MISC register is either not implemented or does
not contain additional information regarding the error.

ADDRV - IA32_MCi_ADDR register valid
Indicates that the IA32_MCi_ADDR register contains the address where
the error occurred.

MEMHIRERR - Memory Hierarchy Error {TT}CACHE{LL}_{RRRR}_ERR
These errors match the format 0000 0001 RRRR TTLL

Concatenated Error Code:
--------------------------
_VAL_OVER_MISCV_ADDRV_MEMHIRERR_89

This error code can be reported back to the manufacturer.
They may be able to provide additional information based upon
this error. All questions regarding STOP 0x9C should be
directed to the hardware manufacturer.

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x9C_IA32_GenuineIntel
CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 5
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: COMMON_SYSTEM_FAULT
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 806f18df to 805339ae
SYMBOL_ON_RAW_STACK: 1

STACK_TEXT:
8054da48 806f18df 0000009c 00000000 8054da70 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b
8054db74 806ecc2e 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandler+0xdd
8054db74 00000000 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandlerWrapper+0x46

@cpc2004:
How in the hell did you decode that info?
Could you help me decode machine checks I got recently?
Problem is I don't have dump since the machine only does cold boot, I am not sure if turning dump on would help. I can however post info from system event log although I am not sure how to interpret it correctly.
Would you be so kind to look at it?

Hi levicki,

Open a new thread for a new problem.