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Windows restarts daily, or bsod no memdump

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Skrollster, 2005/01/22.

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  1. 2005/01/22
    Skrollster

    Skrollster Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi

    My computer restarts daily if i have it set to restart on system error.

    and if i set it to not restart it generate a BSOD.

    but there is no dump file created...

    i have read http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=33471 and set it up to save full dump of memory in %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP

    but nothing is saved.. what do i do wrong? any ideas?
     
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    Skrollster - Welcome to the Board :)

    At any particular time or at random? Once or several times/day?
    Please post details from the screen here and look in Event Viewer - System and Application for any relevant error messages. Double click on a message to open and on the icon below the up/down arrows to copy - paste message here if relevant.
    Check under Startup and Recovery that you have that you have the settings as outlined here
     
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    Skrollster

    Skrollster Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thank you
    It is as random as it gets, sometimes it can be up for days, and sometimes it restarts within minutes after last time
    I have set it up just as that with this option:
    A complete memory dump, which is written to the SystemRoot%\Memory.dmp folder

    and the event viewer doens't say much neither did the bsod do.

    I have runned microsofts memtest util for about 40 min and that did not show any errors.. I'm realy clueless...
     
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    If there is no specific Stop Error message given on the BSOD then it is very unlikely that a mem dump will be made.

    The cause of such random behaviour is excruciatingly difficult to pinpoint. The lack of any specific error message in Event Viewer suggests it may not be software.

    Problem could be temperature related - it could simply be a poor connection somewhere. You could start by pulling the cards one at a time, cleaning up the contacts with a soft pencil eraser and reseating them. I would do the same for the memory modules.
     
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    Another BSOD, but this time there was a reason given:

    BAD_POOL_HEADER

    STOP: 0x00000019 (0x00000020,0xF8D76848,0xF8D77090,0xF90979A0)

    But i guess that a cleanup can't be bad, going to test it.
     
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    Just a question.. i found out then i opened my computer that my northbrige fan has given up, can this be the cause?
     
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    Well it certainly isn't good news :( No real way of telling if the chip is affected or not, but well worth replacing the fan and see if that cures the problem. If the chip was fried I doubt you would be booting up.

    There may be some form of thermal protection similar to that on a CPU, but I really don't know.
     
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