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Your error is 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).
I cannot begin to tell you how difficult this error is to work with because it can be due to any hardware in your system. I have yet to see any minidump ever cite a probable cause and I know IT specialists that confess to the difficulty of pinning down the problem. I'm not trying to be negative but to prepare you on needingto do a lot of work.
Do the following diagnostic steps:
1. If you have overclocked ease back the timings and voltage.
2. Run Memtest on your RAM for a minimum of 7 Passes.
3. Run ChkDsk
4. Run a harddrive diagnostics.
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).
I cannot begin to tell you how difficult this error is to work with because it can be due to any hardware in your system. I have yet to see any minidump ever cite a probable cause and I know IT specialists that confess to the difficulty of pinning down the problem. I'm not trying to be negative but to prepare you on needingto do a lot of work.
Do the following diagnostic steps:
1. If you have overclocked ease back the timings and voltage.
2. Run Memtest on your RAM for a minimum of 7 Passes.
3. Run ChkDsk
4. Run a harddrive diagnostics.
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