Hello, this is my first post here, and I am quite frustrated by my computer problem lately. In order to cut a long story short, I have the PC since mid 2005, and it ran superbly till now (as in 2-4 weeks ago). The last month, I have been, installing, configuring, reinstalling, trying different drivers, etc. to put it short, I've done everything I could in order to find out exactly where the problems comes from, and at last I am certain it's a hardware related problem, however, during the last few days I've tried to pinpoint the exact failing component at no avail, so here I am, asking for a bit of help in reading my memory dumps.
My PC has the following configuration:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack 2
0CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
System Memory: 1024 MB - 2x OCZ4001024ELDCPE-K 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.0-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
Video Adapter: Asus V9999/TD GeForce 6800 128 MB DDR2 256 Bit AGP 8x
Audio Adapter: Creative SB0350 Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card
Disk Drive: Seagate ST340014AS (40 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive: Maxtor 6B200M0 (200 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Optical Drive: TEAC DV-W516GB
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower ATX 12V 2.0 - 460W
Case: Thermaltake Lanmoto VA1000 BWA
As a note, the crashing does occur all the time (however in a few minutes when running 3D applications or games, and at several hours when not).
So far I have tested both HDD's (installed windows alternately on both), I also ran the memory sticks one at a time, I also cleaned the CPU and heatsink yesterday (replaced the conductive paste also), which lowered the running temperature back to normal (it was running pretty hot 60C - 70C since the problem started).
If they help, I took the components temp right before a crash while running a game and they were:
Motherboard 37 °C (around 33 no load)
CPU 54 °C (around 41 no load)
GPU 57 °C (around 52 no load)
GPU Memory 66 °C (around 51 no load)
The voltages are all in limits as well (+- 0.1 to 0.2).
Frankly I suspect the motherboard or the video card, one of these 2, I will also run more tests on the memory, if any more information is needed I will be glad to give it. I am also attaching the dumps, and mention again that the PC was fine for 1 year and a half (and I really stressed it out, since it's a gaming platform), luckily enough I still have warranty on all the components.
Thanks in advance, and hope for some answers pretty soon as I have a lot of exams these weeks and I really need the PC.
P.S. The previous errors of which dumps I don't have anymore were usually PAGE FAULT errors and IRQ errors in different modules.
My PC has the following configuration:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack 2
0CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
System Memory: 1024 MB - 2x OCZ4001024ELDCPE-K 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.0-3-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
Video Adapter: Asus V9999/TD GeForce 6800 128 MB DDR2 256 Bit AGP 8x
Audio Adapter: Creative SB0350 Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card
Disk Drive: Seagate ST340014AS (40 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive: Maxtor 6B200M0 (200 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Optical Drive: TEAC DV-W516GB
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower ATX 12V 2.0 - 460W
Case: Thermaltake Lanmoto VA1000 BWA
As a note, the crashing does occur all the time (however in a few minutes when running 3D applications or games, and at several hours when not).
So far I have tested both HDD's (installed windows alternately on both), I also ran the memory sticks one at a time, I also cleaned the CPU and heatsink yesterday (replaced the conductive paste also), which lowered the running temperature back to normal (it was running pretty hot 60C - 70C since the problem started).
If they help, I took the components temp right before a crash while running a game and they were:
Motherboard 37 °C (around 33 no load)
CPU 54 °C (around 41 no load)
GPU 57 °C (around 52 no load)
GPU Memory 66 °C (around 51 no load)
The voltages are all in limits as well (+- 0.1 to 0.2).
Frankly I suspect the motherboard or the video card, one of these 2, I will also run more tests on the memory, if any more information is needed I will be glad to give it. I am also attaching the dumps, and mention again that the PC was fine for 1 year and a half (and I really stressed it out, since it's a gaming platform), luckily enough I still have warranty on all the components.
Thanks in advance, and hope for some answers pretty soon as I have a lot of exams these weeks and I really need the PC.
P.S. The previous errors of which dumps I don't have anymore were usually PAGE FAULT errors and IRQ errors in different modules.