Computer crashes all the time

Hi.

this computer is driving me crazy. From the very beginning it kept crashing. It is used for gaming, mainly Settlers 3 and 2 (next generation). Unfortunately, the PC is 3 years old and there is no warranty on it anymore.

This is my hardware:

* Mainboard: ASRock K7VT2
* CPU: AMD Athlon XP2600+
* 512 MB RAM (DDR, PC333)
* Pixelview nVidia GeForce Ti4200-8x

It was bought in 2003 and never really worked. The shop, where this PC was bought already changed the CPU, the CPU fan, and the mainboard. Windows XP has been reinstalled a couple of times.

I tested the RAM with Memtest86+ and it looked fine to me.

I ran out of ideas, what could make this computer crash.


If you know, what could case the constant crashes of this computer, please let me know. Is there anything else I can test to find out, what is wrong with this PC?

Thankyou very much in advance,
Gwen

Code:

Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt'

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger  Version 6.6.0007.5
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini110306-08.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055a420
Debug session time: Fri Nov  3 13:12:23.625 2006 (GMT+1)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:02:21.197
Loading Kernel Symbols
.......................................................................................................................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
..........
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 9C, {0, 8054d370, c4104000, 136}

Probably caused by : Unknown_Image ( ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (9c)
A fatal Machine Check Exception has occurred.
KeBugCheckEx parameters;
    x86 Processors
        If the processor has ONLY MCE feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium), the parameters are:
        1 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_TYPE MSR
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        4 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        If the processor also has MCA feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium Pro), the parameters are:
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
    IA64 Processors
        1 - Bugcheck Type
            1 - MCA_ASSERT
            2 - MCA_GET_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            3 - MCA_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            4 - MCA_FATAL
                FW reported a fatal MCA.
            5 - MCA_NONFATAL
                SAL reported a recoverable MCA and we don't support currently
                support recovery or SAL generated an MCA and then couldn't
                produce an error record.
            0xB - INIT_ASSERT
            0xC - INIT_GET_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xD - INIT_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xE - INIT_FATAL
                  Not used.
        2 - Address of log
        3 - Size of log
        4 - Error code in the case of x_GET_STATEINFO or x_CLEAR_STATEINFO
    AMD64 Processors
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000000
Arg2: 8054d370
Arg3: c4104000
Arg4: 00000136

Debugging Details:
------------------

   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:

      - Bios and Kernel Developers Guid for AMD Athlon(r) 64 and AMD Opteron(r) Processors
   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
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   1100010000010000010000000000000000000000000000000000000100110110


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.

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_ADDRV_MEMHIRERR_36

   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_AuthenticAMD

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  8

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  COMMON_SYSTEM_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  Prime95.exe

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 806f18df to 8053331e

STACK_TEXT:  
8054d348 806f18df 0000009c 00000000 8054d370 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b
8054d474 806ecc2e 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandler+0xdd
8054d474 00000000 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandlerWrapper+0x46


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

SYMBOL_NAME:  ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: Unknown_Module

IMAGE_NAME:  Unknown_Image

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  0

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x9C_IA32_AuthenticAMD_ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE

BUCKET_ID:  0x9C_IA32_AuthenticAMD_ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

eax=ffdff13c ebx=8054d370 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000136 edi=c4104000
eip=8053331e esp=8054d330 ebp=8054d348 iopl=0         nv up di ng nz na pe nc
cs=0008  ss=0010  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=0030  gs=0000             efl=00000086
nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b:
8053331e 5d              pop     ebp
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child              
8054d348 806f18df 0000009c 00000000 8054d370 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
8054d474 806ecc2e 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandler+0xdd (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
8054d474 00000000 80042000 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpMcaExceptionHandlerWrapper+0x46 (FPO: TSS f10f10:0)
start    end        module name
804d7000 806eba00   nt       ntoskrnl.exe Wed Mar 02 01:59:37 2005 (42250FF9)
806ec000 8070c380   hal      halaacpi.dll Wed Aug 04 07:59:05 2004 (41107B29)
b8849000 b8859ae0   icntdrv5 icntdrv5.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:29 2006 (44803055)
b8a1a000 b8a1ddc0   icntflt5 icntflt5.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:30 2006 (44803056)
b8b02000 b8b42280   HTTP     HTTP.sys     Fri Mar 17 01:33:09 2006 (441A03C5)
b8b6b000 b8b8e000   Fastfat  Fastfat.SYS  Wed Aug 04 08:14:15 2004 (41107EB7)
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b915e000 b9172400   wdmaud   wdmaud.sys   Wed Jun 14 11:00:44 2006 (448FD03C)
b9a8b000 b9ab7400   mrxdav   mrxdav.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:00:49 2004 (41107B91)
ba368000 ba376d80   sysaudio sysaudio.sys Wed Aug 04 08:15:54 2004 (41107F1A)
ba508000 ba50b280   ndisuio  ndisuio.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:03:10 2004 (41107C1E)
bf000000 bf011580   dxg      dxg.sys      Wed Aug 04 08:00:51 2004 (41107B93)
bf012000 bf463580   nv4_disp nv4_disp.dll Sun Oct 22 23:02:50 2006 (453BDC7A)
bf800000 bf9c1200   win32k   win32k.sys   Thu Oct 06 02:05:44 2005 (43446A58)
f6452000 f6469480   dump_atapi dump_atapi.sys Wed Aug 04 07:59:41 2004 (41107B4D)
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f654d000 f656ed00   afd      afd.sys      Wed Aug 04 08:14:13 2004 (41107EB5)
f656f000 f6596c00   netbt    netbt.sys    Wed Aug 04 08:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
f6597000 f65eed80   tcpip    tcpip.sys    Thu Apr 20 13:51:47 2006 (444775D3)
f65ef000 f6601400   ipsec    ipsec.sys    Wed Aug 04 08:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
f7d1c000 f7d4f200   update   update.sys   Wed Aug 04 07:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f7d50000 f7d60e00   psched   psched.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:04:16 2004 (41107C60)
f7d61000 f7d77680   ndiswan  ndiswan.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:14:30 2004 (41107EC6)
f7d8f000 f7da2a00   parport  parport.sys  Wed Aug 04 07:59:04 2004 (41107B28)
f7da3000 f7db3180   serial   serial.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:15:51 2004 (41107F17)
f7db4000 f7dd7980   portcls  portcls.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:15:47 2004 (41107F13)
f7dd8000 f7dedb80   viaudio  viaudio.sys  Tue Jan 28 04:12:25 2003 (3E35F519)
f7dee000 f7e10680   ks       ks.sys       Wed Aug 04 08:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f7e11000 f7e33e80   USBPORT  USBPORT.SYS  Wed Aug 04 08:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f7e34000 f7e47780   VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Wed Aug 04 08:07:04 2004 (41107D08)
f7e48000 f8217400   nv4_mini nv4_mini.sys Sun Oct 22 23:08:02 2006 (453BDDB2)
f8228000 f822a280   rasacd   rasacd.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:55:39 2001 (3B7D84CB)
f8380000 f839a580   Mup      Mup.sys      Wed Aug 04 08:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f839b000 f83c7a80   NDIS     NDIS.sys     Wed Aug 04 08:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
f83c8000 f8454480   Ntfs     Ntfs.sys     Wed Aug 04 08:15:06 2004 (41107EEA)
f8455000 f846b780   KSecDD   KSecDD.sys   Wed Aug 04 07:59:45 2004 (41107B51)
f846c000 f847df00   sr       sr.sys       Wed Aug 04 08:06:22 2004 (41107CDE)
f847e000 f849d780   fltmgr   fltmgr.sys   Mon Aug 21 11:14:57 2006 (44E97991)
f849e000 f84b5480   atapi    atapi.sys    Wed Aug 04 07:59:41 2004 (41107B4D)
f84b6000 f84d4d80   ftdisk   ftdisk.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:52:41 2001 (3B7D8419)
f84d5000 f84e5a80   pci      pci.sys      Wed Aug 04 08:07:45 2004 (41107D31)
f84e6000 f8514180   ACPI     ACPI.sys     Wed Aug 04 08:07:35 2004 (41107D27)
f8536000 f853ed80   isapnp   isapnp.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:58:01 2001 (3B7D8559)
f8546000 f8550500   MountMgr MountMgr.sys Wed Aug 04 07:58:29 2004 (41107B05)
f8556000 f8563200   VolSnap  VolSnap.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:00:14 2004 (41107B6E)
f8566000 f856ee00   disk     disk.sys     Wed Aug 04 07:59:53 2004 (41107B59)
f8576000 f8582200   CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Wed Aug 04 08:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f8586000 f8590500   viaagp   viaagp.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:07:42 2004 (41107D2E)
f85b6000 f85c4100   usbhub   usbhub.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:08:40 2004 (41107D68)
f85d6000 f85de700   netbios  netbios.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:03:19 2004 (41107C27)
f85f6000 f85fe900   Fips     Fips.SYS     Sat Aug 18 03:31:49 2001 (3B7DC585)
f8606000 f860e700   wanarp   wanarp.sys   Wed Aug 04 08:04:57 2004 (41107C89)
f8656000 f8665900   Cdfs     Cdfs.SYS     Wed Aug 04 08:14:09 2004 (41107EB1)
f86e6000 f86f0200   amdk7    amdk7.sys    Wed Aug 04 07:59:19 2004 (41107B37)
f86f6000 f8703000   i8042prt i8042prt.sys Wed Aug 04 08:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
f8706000 f8712180   cdrom    cdrom.sys    Wed Aug 04 07:59:52 2004 (41107B58)
f8716000 f8724100   redbook  redbook.sys  Wed Aug 04 07:59:34 2004 (41107B46)
f8726000 f8734b80   drmk     drmk.sys     Wed Aug 04 08:07:54 2004 (41107D3A)
f8736000 f873ea80   Pei10Wdm Pei10Wdm.sys Thu Aug 15 09:20:03 2002 (3D5B5623)
f8746000 f874e720   Pei16Wdm Pei16Wdm.sys Thu Sep 19 21:07:48 2002 (3D8A2084)
f8756000 f8762880   rasl2tp  rasl2tp.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:14:21 2004 (41107EBD)
f8766000 f8770200   raspppoe raspppoe.sys Wed Aug 04 08:05:06 2004 (41107C92)
f8776000 f8781d00   raspptp  raspptp.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f8786000 f878e900   msgpc    msgpc.sys    Wed Aug 04 08:04:11 2004 (41107C5B)
f8796000 f879ff00   termdd   termdd.sys   Wed Aug 04 07:58:52 2004 (41107B1C)
f87a6000 f87af480   NDProxy  NDProxy.SYS  Fri Aug 17 22:55:30 2001 (3B7D84C2)
f87b6000 f87bc200   PCIIDEX  PCIIDEX.SYS  Wed Aug 04 07:59:40 2004 (41107B4C)
f87be000 f87c2900   PartMgr  PartMgr.sys  Sat Aug 18 03:32:23 2001 (3B7DC5A7)
f8846000 f884b000   usbuhci  usbuhci.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f884e000 f8854800   usbehci  usbehci.sys  Wed Aug 04 08:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f8856000 f885bc00   mouclass mouclass.sys Wed Aug 04 07:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f885e000 f8864280   kbdclass kbdclass.sys Wed Aug 04 07:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f8866000 f886d000   GEARAspiWDM GEARAspiWDM.sys Wed Mar 02 05:05:17 2005 (42253B7D)
f886e000 f8874a00   fetnd5   fetnd5.sys   Fri Jul 20 13:40:24 2001 (3B5818A8)
f8876000 f8877000   fdc      fdc.sys      unavailable (00000000)
f887e000 f8882880   TDI      TDI.SYS      Wed Aug 04 08:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f8886000 f888a580   ptilink  ptilink.sys  Fri Aug 17 22:49:53 2001 (3B7D8371)
f888e000 f8892080   raspti   raspti.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:55:32 2001 (3B7D84C4)
f8896000 f889b000   flpydisk flpydisk.sys Wed Aug 04 07:59:24 2004 (41107B3C)
f88a6000 f88ac180   HIDPARSE HIDPARSE.SYS Wed Aug 04 08:08:15 2004 (41107D4F)
f88ae000 f88b3200   vga      vga.sys      Wed Aug 04 08:07:06 2004 (41107D0A)
f88b6000 f88baa80   Msfs     Msfs.SYS     Wed Aug 04 08:00:37 2004 (41107B85)
f88be000 f88c5880   Npfs     Npfs.SYS     Wed Aug 04 08:00:38 2004 (41107B86)
f88ce000 f88d2500   watchdog watchdog.sys Wed Aug 04 08:07:32 2004 (41107D24)
f8906000 f890ca80   secdrv   secdrv.sys   Thu Aug 02 17:42:29 2001 (3B6974E5)
f8946000 f8949000   BOOTVID  BOOTVID.dll  Fri Aug 17 22:49:09 2001 (3B7D8345)
f89ee000 f89f0900   Dxapi    Dxapi.sys    Fri Aug 17 22:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
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f8a02000 f8a04980   gameenum gameenum.sys Wed Aug 04 08:08:20 2004 (41107D54)
f8a06000 f8a08580   ndistapi ndistapi.sys Fri Aug 17 22:55:29 2001 (3B7D84C1)
f8a1a000 f8a1dc80   mssmbios mssmbios.sys Wed Aug 04 08:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f8a36000 f8a37b80   kdcom    kdcom.dll    Fri Aug 17 22:49:10 2001 (3B7D8346)
f8a38000 f8a39100   WMILIB   WMILIB.SYS   Fri Aug 17 23:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8a3a000 f8a3b500   viaide   viaide.sys   Wed Aug 04 07:59:42 2004 (41107B4E)
f8a5a000 f8a5b100   swenum   swenum.sys   Wed Aug 04 07:58:41 2004 (41107B11)
f8a5c000 f8a5d280   USBD     USBD.SYS     Fri Aug 17 23:02:58 2001 (3B7D8682)
f8a5e000 f8a5ff00   Fs_Rec   Fs_Rec.SYS   Fri Aug 17 22:49:37 2001 (3B7D8361)
f8a60000 f8a61080   Beep     Beep.SYS     Fri Aug 17 22:47:33 2001 (3B7D82E5)
f8a62000 f8a63080   mnmdd    mnmdd.SYS    Fri Aug 17 22:57:28 2001 (3B7D8538)
f8a64000 f8a65080   RDPCDD   RDPCDD.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:46:56 2001 (3B7D82C0)
f8a68000 f8a69100   dump_WMILIB dump_WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 23:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8a8a000 f8a8bb80   ParVdm   ParVdm.SYS   Fri Aug 17 22:49:49 2001 (3B7D836D)
f8a9a000 f8a9b360   icntst01 icntst01.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8a9c000 f8a9d360   icntst02 icntst02.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8a9e000 f8a9f360   icntst03 icntst03.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aa0000 f8aa1360   icntst04 icntst04.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aa4000 f8aa5360   icntst05 icntst05.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aa6000 f8aa7360   icntst06 icntst06.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aa8000 f8aa9360   icntst07 icntst07.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aaa000 f8aab360   icntst08 icntst08.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aac000 f8aad360   icntst09 icntst09.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8aae000 f8aaf360   icntst10 icntst10.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8ab0000 f8ab1360   icntst11 icntst11.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8ab2000 f8ab3360   icntst12 icntst12.sys Fri Jun 02 14:34:27 2006 (44803053)
f8b63000 f8b63c00   audstub  audstub.sys  Fri Aug 17 22:59:40 2001 (3B7D85BC)
f8ba9000 f8ba9b80   Null     Null.SYS     Fri Aug 17 22:47:39 2001 (3B7D82EB)
f8bb4000 f8bb4b80   mbmiodrvr mbmiodrvr.sys Sat Apr 10 16:42:35 2004 (407807DB)
f8bbc000 f8bbcd00   dxgthk   dxgthk.sys   Fri Aug 17 22:53:12 2001 (3B7D8438)

Unloaded modules:
b9110000 b913b000   kmixer.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f8b2a000 f8b2b000   drmkaud.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
ba338000 ba345000   DMusic.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
ba348000 ba356000   swmidi.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
b913b000 b915e000   aec.sys 
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f8a92000 f8a94000   splitter.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f85e6000 f85f1000   imapi.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f822c000 f8230000   kbdhid.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f889e000 f88a3000   Cdaudio.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
f8230000 f8233000   Sfloppy.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt

 

If it is always the same error, MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (9c), and a class MCE error, you have a failing processor.

 

Thankyou very much for your answer. Yes, it is always the same error, but the CPU has already been changed. How can that be?

cu,
Gwen

 

How long did the first one last?

I would encourage you to install a freeware CPU temperature utility. If your CPU overheats it can damage itself in seconds.

A-Open: http://modrv.com/other_devices/aopen/2247download_prog.html
Motherboard Monitor: http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=311&cat=7

 

2 weeks.

I have Motherboard Monitor installed:


Actually I don't know, what a healthy temperature for this CPU is, but here are some screenshots, taken a couple of seconds before the system crashed:

degrees in °Celsius
degrees in °Fahrenheit

cu,
Gwen

 

Safe (with diode) would be up to 65 C, which you are below from your screenshots.

What will happen if there is an issue with your CPU is that you will throw the 9c error with increasing frequency as the CPU fails.

 

Thankyou very much for your help. I found an old spare CPU (AMD Athlon 1800+) and the Computer ran the whole night doing the toture test (Prime95) with no crashes.

cu,
Gwen