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Posted by Dan on September 23, 2008, 6:34 am
Please log in for more thread options My P3 system was working perfectly well until recently when I attempted to play a movie file with winamp (froze for 5 sec, flashed blue screen for a split-second - just long enough to see the usual blue screen text then restarted). It has kept up with that game whenever I try to play a movie file on winamp or windows media player. Now the problem has worsened: whatever the PC is doing, even if totally idle, after something like 3 minutes, it flashes blue and proceeds to restart The system dialog announces that the system has recovered from a serious error- send/don't send. The box is not on the net, so no point sending error report. However, through a link on these dialogs, I was able to locate the memory dump file (*.dmp) along with an .xml file in temp folder. I cannot decipher the dump information or whatever is on the xml file, but if they would be of use to someone who could help me solve this problem without having to re-install xp, I've uploaded them here... danielmakundi.com/dumps/Mini092108-07.dmp and danielmakundi.com/dumps/sysdata.xml I'd appreciate your help. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on September 23, 2008, 2:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:34:12 -0700 (PDT), Dan Instead of booting windows, power up and enter the bios hardware/health page and watch the voltage and temperature reports. See if it locks up or otherwise fails just sitting at that bios page. When the system restarts, does it always do so successfully, then booting all the way to windows or does it have to be turned off for a period before it will work properly again for a few mintues? A lockup so soon seems likely to be overheating, check fans and dust buildup, although if it were overheating that much, it would tend to prevent successful booting to windows after the reset. Disable Windows' restart on system error setting (Control Panel, System, Advanced, Startup & Recovery) and write down the bluescreen stop code. Note whether that code remains the same or changes. Examine the system for signs of capacitor failure and if you have a spare PSU, try it. Run memtest86+ for a few hours (if it can without crashing or errors), trying to isolate whether the system itself (hardware) is instable or it's only the windows installation that needs redone or repaired. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Dan on September 24, 2008, 10:55 am
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> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:34:12 -0700 (PDT), Dan
> > > > >My P3 system was working perfectly well until recently when I
> >attempted to play a movie file with winamp (froze for 5 sec, flashed > >blue screen for a split-second - just long enough to see the usual > >blue screen text then restarted). It has kept up with that game > >whenever I try to play a movie file on winamp or windows media player. > >Now the problem has worsened: whatever the PC is doing, even if > >totally idle, after something like 3 minutes, it flashes blue and > >proceeds to restart The system dialog announces that the system has > >recovered from a serious error- send/don't send. The box is not on the > >net, so no point sending error report. However, through a link on > >these dialogs, I was able to locate the memory dump file (*.dmp) > >along with an .xml file in temp folder. > >I cannot decipher the dump information or whatever is on the xml file, > >but if they would be of use to someone who could help me solve this > >problem without having to re-install xp, I've uploaded them here... > >danielmakundi.com/dumps/Mini092108-07.dmp > >and > >danielmakundi.com/dumps/sysdata.xml > >I'd appreciate your help. >
> Instead of booting windows, power up and enter the bios > hardware/health page and watch the voltage and temperature > reports. See if it locks up or otherwise fails just sitting > at that bios page. > > When the system restarts, does it always do so successfully, > then booting all the way to windows or does it have to be > turned off for a period before it will work properly again > for a few mintues? A lockup so soon seems likely to be > overheating, check fans and dust buildup, although if it > were overheating that much, it would tend to prevent > successful booting to windows after the reset. Disable > Windows' restart on system error setting (Control Panel, > System, Advanced, Startup & Recovery) and write down the > bluescreen stop code. Note whether that code remains the > same or changes. > > Examine the system for signs of capacitor failure and if you > have a spare PSU, try it. Run memtest86+ for a few hours (if > it can without crashing or errors), trying to isolate > whether the system itself (hardware) is instable or it's > only the windows installation that needs redone or repaired. Since posting the first msg, i have made a key finding: freezing then re-booting is not entirely random. It is when I try to run windows media player or just select a wmv file. Otherwise the system works fine. I do have a number of Flash Video (FLV) files, therse play quite ok on Flash Video Player. MP3 also play fine on Winamp. I'm fairly convinced that the hardware is fine, I blow PSU and insides of my machine every now and then. I do suspect Windows Media Player had wanted to snatch back default- player status of video files that had been taken over by Winamp and ended up corrupting some of driver files. I threfore wanted to uninstall windows media player, only to discover that it is impossible to do so on XP (at least that is how it looked to me). Hope this sheds some light to my problem. Oh, and one more thing, can one uninstall windows media player? I guess that's the root of my problems. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Pen on September 24, 2008, 11:24 am
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Dan wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:34:12 -0700 (PDT), Dan
>> >> >> >>> My P3 system was working perfectly well until recently when I
>>> attempted to play a movie file with winamp (froze for 5 sec, flashed >>> blue screen for a split-second - just long enough to see the usual >>> blue screen text then restarted). It has kept up with that game >>> whenever I try to play a movie file on winamp or windows media player. >>> Now the problem has worsened: whatever the PC is doing, even if >>> totally idle, after something like 3 minutes, it flashes blue and >>> proceeds to restart The system dialog announces that the system has >>> recovered from a serious error- send/don't send. The box is not on the >>> net, so no point sending error report. However, through a link on >>> these dialogs, I was able to locate the memory dump file (*.dmp) >>> along with an .xml file in temp folder. >>> I cannot decipher the dump information or whatever is on the xml file, >>> but if they would be of use to someone who could help me solve this >>> problem without having to re-install xp, I've uploaded them here... >>> danielmakundi.com/dumps/Mini092108-07.dmp >>> and >>> danielmakundi.com/dumps/sysdata.xml >>> I'd appreciate your help. >> Instead of booting windows, power up and enter the bios
>> hardware/health page and watch the voltage and temperature >> reports. See if it locks up or otherwise fails just sitting >> at that bios page. >> >> When the system restarts, does it always do so successfully, >> then booting all the way to windows or does it have to be >> turned off for a period before it will work properly again >> for a few mintues? A lockup so soon seems likely to be >> overheating, check fans and dust buildup, although if it >> were overheating that much, it would tend to prevent >> successful booting to windows after the reset. Disable >> Windows' restart on system error setting (Control Panel, >> System, Advanced, Startup & Recovery) and write down the >> bluescreen stop code. Note whether that code remains the >> same or changes. >> >> Examine the system for signs of capacitor failure and if you >> have a spare PSU, try it. Run memtest86+ for a few hours (if >> it can without crashing or errors), trying to isolate >> whether the system itself (hardware) is instable or it's >> only the windows installation that needs redone or repaired. >
Yes, if add/remove won't do it, then use the remove windows components.
> Since posting the first msg, i have made a key finding: freezing then > re-booting is not entirely random. It is when I try to run windows > media player or just select a wmv file. Otherwise the system works > fine. I do have a number of Flash Video (FLV) files, therse play quite > ok on Flash Video Player. MP3 also play fine on Winamp. > > I'm fairly convinced that the hardware is fine, I blow PSU and insides > of my machine every now and then. > > I do suspect Windows Media Player had wanted to snatch back default- > player status of video files that had been taken over by Winamp and > ended up corrupting some of driver files. I threfore wanted to > uninstall windows media player, only to discover that it is impossible > to do so on XP (at least that is how it looked to me). > > Hope this sheds some light to my problem. Oh, and one more thing, can > one uninstall windows media player? I guess that's the root of my > problems. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Dan on September 26, 2008, 6:42 am
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> Dan wrote:
> >> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:34:12 -0700 (PDT), Dan
>
> >>> My P3 system was working perfectly well until recently when I
> >>> attempted to play a movie file with winamp (froze for 5 sec, flashed > >>> blue screen for a split-second - just long enough to see the usual > >>> blue screen text then restarted). It has kept up with that game > >>> whenever I try to play a movie file on winamp or windows media player. > >>> Now the problem has worsened: whatever the PC is doing, even if > >>> totally idle, after something like 3 minutes, it flashes blue and > >>> proceeds to restart The system dialog announces that the system has > >>> recovered from a serious error- send/don't send. The box is not on the > >>> net, so no point sending error report. However, through a link on > >>> these dialogs, I was able to locate the memory dump file (*.dmp) > >>> along with an .xml file in temp folder. > >>> I cannot decipher the dump information or whatever is on the xml file, > >>> but if they would be of use to someone who could help me solve this > >>> problem without having to re-install xp, I've uploaded them here... > >>> danielmakundi.com/dumps/Mini092108-07.dmp > >>> and > >>> danielmakundi.com/dumps/sysdata.xml > >>> I'd appreciate your help. > >> Instead of booting windows, power up and enter the bios > >> hardware/health page and watch the voltage and temperature > >> reports. See if it locks up or otherwise fails just sitting > >> at that bios page. >
> >> When the system restarts, does it always do so successfully,
> >> then booting all the way to windows or does it have to be > >> turned off for a period before it will work properly again > >> for a few mintues? A lockup so soon seems likely to be > >> overheating, check fans and dust buildup, although if it > >> were overheating that much, it would tend to prevent > >> successful booting to windows after the reset. Disable > >> Windows' restart on system error setting (Control Panel, > >> System, Advanced, Startup & Recovery) and write down the > >> bluescreen stop code. Note whether that code remains the > >> same or changes. >
> >> Examine the system for signs of capacitor failure and if you
> >> have a spare PSU, try it. Run memtest86+ for a few hours (if > >> it can without crashing or errors), trying to isolate > >> whether the system itself (hardware) is instable or it's > >> only the windows installation that needs redone or repaired. >
> > Since posting the first msg, i have made a key finding: freezing then
> > re-booting is not entirely random. It is when I try to run windows > > media player or just select a wmv file. Otherwise the system works > > fine. I do have a number of Flash Video (FLV) files, therse play quite > > ok on Flash Video Player. MP3 also play fine on Winamp. >
> > I'm fairly convinced that the hardware is fine, I blow PSU and insides
> > of my machine every now and then. >
> > I do suspect Windows Media Player had wanted to snatch back default-
> > player status of video files that had been taken over by Winamp and > > ended up corrupting some of driver files. I threfore wanted to > > uninstall windows media player, only to discover that it is impossible > > to do so on XP (at least that is how it looked to me). >
> > Hope this sheds some light to my problem. Oh, and one more thing, can
> > one uninstall windows media player? I guess that's the root of my > > problems. >
> Yes, if add/remove won't do it, then use the remove windows components. That's where I started. Remove windows component only removes media player from start menu. | |||||||||||||
>attempted to play a movie file with winamp (froze for 5 sec, flashed
>blue screen for a split-second - just long enough to see the usual
>blue screen text then restarted). It has kept up with that game
>whenever I try to play a movie file on winamp or windows media player.
>Now the problem has worsened: whatever the PC is doing, even if
>totally idle, after something like 3 minutes, it flashes blue and
>proceeds to restart The system dialog announces that the system has
>recovered from a serious error- send/don't send. The box is not on the
>net, so no point sending error report. However, through a link on
>these dialogs, I was able to locate the memory dump file (*.dmp)
>along with an .xml file in temp folder.
>I cannot decipher the dump information or whatever is on the xml file,
>but if they would be of use to someone who could help me solve this
>problem without having to re-install xp, I've uploaded them here...
>danielmakundi.com/dumps/Mini092108-07.dmp
>and
>danielmakundi.com/dumps/sysdata.xml
>I'd appreciate your help.