More blue screens (sorry)

Hi there, been reading a fair ammount of the forums and have been very impressed with the responces alot of people have recieved hopefully i'll be able to solve my problem also.

Genrally i've been quite good at fixing my own problems with PC's in the past after originally wanting to go into IT as a career, however this one has me totally confused, i even resorted to a complete rebuild of windows from scratch to try and nail the problem which leads me to think its hardware or i'm very unlucky and have had seperate errors.

I'll post the debuglog here shortly but will throw in some extra info, The error will only occur whilst i am installing a game using either my CD drive or my DVD drive, the blue screen error is the DRIVER_IRQL_blah blah error but hopefully that will make sence in the following debug log, i hope theres someone around who might be able to help, if not, it was worth a try

Thanks for anything anybody might be able to throw at it.

Cheers

Dezzy


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:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\user.dmp]
User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available

Comment: 'Dr. Watson generated MiniDump'
Windows XP Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTS
Debug session time: Wed Jan 24 16:52:05.000 2007 (GMT+0)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: 0 days 0:00:47.000
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
.........................................................................................
This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it.
The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr.
(e64.830): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available)
eax=04000800 ebx=00000000 ecx=030801cd edx=00000000 esi=02cc0040 edi=00140000
eip=7c92ae24 esp=0171f78c ebp=0171f848 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz ac po cy
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000213
ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x450:
7c92ae24 3b5004 cmp edx,dword ptr [eax+4] ds:0023:04000804=????????
0:005> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
*******************************************************************************
* *
* Exception Analysis *
* *
*******************************************************************************

*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for ieframe.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for normaliz.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for CTAGENT.DLL -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for Flash6.ocx -
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for xpsp2res.dll

FAULTING_IP:
ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+450
7c92ae24 3b5004 cmp edx,dword ptr [eax+4]

EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffffff -- (.exr ffffffffffffffff)
.exr ffffffffffffffff
ExceptionAddress: 7c92ae24 (ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x00000450)
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000000
Parameter[1]: 04000804
Attempt to read from address 04000804

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: HEAP_CORRUPTION

PROCESS_NAME: iexplore.exe

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at "0x%08lx" referenced memory at "0x%08lx ". The memory could not be "%s ".

READ_ADDRESS: 04000804

BUGCHECK_STR: ACCESS_VIOLATION

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 774fd004 to 7c92ae24

STACK_TEXT:
0171f848 774fd004 00140000 00000000 02cc0060 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x450
0171f85c 77124ac8 77606034 02cc0060 00000008 ole32!CRetailMalloc_Free+0x1c
0171f87c 77124885 02cc0060 00000010 0239c130 oleaut32!APP_DATA::FreeCachedMem+0xa0
0171f890 77124ae3 02cc0064 040e2c40 0239c130 oleaut32!SysFreeString+0x56
0171f8a4 6339d99b 0239c130 0239c130 6339f405 oleaut32!VariantClear+0xbb
0171f8b0 6339f405 040e2c40 008cdc28 008cbff8 jscript!VAR::Clear+0x63
0171f8dc 6339e715 008cdc48 00000000 008cdc28 jscript!GcAlloc::ReclaimGarbage+0x76
0171f8f8 6339f244 00000002 023b0790 023b0790 jscript!GcContext::Reclaim+0x93
0171f90c 6339b86d 01718c29 023b0790 00000000 jscript!GcContext::Collect+0x9a
0171f9a8 633a2fcb 0171f9ec 00000000 0171fbe0 jscript!CScriptRuntime::Run+0xe7
0171f9c0 633a31c9 0171f9ec 00000000 00000000 jscript!ScrFncObj::Call+0x8d
0171fa30 6338ed4b 023bb1d0 0171fbe0 00000000 jscript!CSession::Execute+0xa1
0171fa80 6338fad7 0171fbe0 0171fbc0 023cf18c jscript!COleScript::ExecutePendingScripts+0x147
0171fae4 6338f91e 027b4d5c 031fe544 00000000 jscript!COleScript:arseScriptTextCore+0x243
0171fb10 7e895c24 023cf18c 027b4d5c 031fe544 jscript!COleScript:arseScriptText+0x2b
0171fb70 7e895a55 00000000 0023c9d0 021d2d20 mshtml!CScriptCollection:arseScriptText+0x240
0171fc2c 7e895875 00000000 00000000 02c9cf20 mshtml!CScriptElement::CommitCode+0x263
0171fc60 7e88ebb6 021a7950 00000000 00000000 mshtml!CScriptElement::Execute+0xc0
0171fcb0 7e8bc893 028211e0 00000000 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmParse::Execute+0x43
0171fcc8 7e8bcc26 7e8bc0f1 001ec530 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmPost::Broadcast+0x11
0171fd84 7e88ef78 0021f597 001ec530 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmPost::Exec+0x40d
0171fd9c 7e88eef9 0021f597 001ec530 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmPost::Run+0x13
0171fdb4 7e8907cf 001ec530 0021f597 021a7950 mshtml!PostManExecute+0xdc
0171fdd4 7e89073c 021a7950 00000001 0171fdf4 mshtml!PostManResume+0x9e
0171fde4 7e85933f 0288d4b0 021a7950 0171fe28 mshtml!CHtmPost::OnDwnChanCallback+0x10
0171fdf4 7e8ea3c9 0288d4b0 00000000 00000000 mshtml!CDwnChan::OnMethodCall+0x19
0171fe28 7e9011b2 0171feb0 7e901109 00000000 mshtml!GlobalWndOnMethodCall+0x101
0171fe48 77d48734 00060302 0000001c 00000000 mshtml!GlobalWndProc+0x181
0171fe74 77d48816 7e901109 00060302 00008002 user32!InternalCallWinProc+0x28
0171fedc 77d489cd 00000000 7e901109 00060302 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow+0x150
0171ff3c 77d48a10 0171ff64 00000000 0171ffb4 user32!DispatchMessageWorker+0x306
0171ff4c 7e283c6e 0171ff64 0012e48c 0012e5b4 user32!DispatchMessageW+0xf
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
0171ffb4 7c80b683 00196cd8 0012e48c 0012e5b4 ieframe!Ordinal300+0x3058
0171ffec 00000000 7e283a37 0018b0c0 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadStart+0x37


STACK_COMMAND: ~5s; .ecxr ; kb

ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_TEXT: Enable Pageheap/AutoVerifer

FAULTING_THREAD: 00000830

FOLLOWUP_IP:
jscript!VAR::Clear+63
6339d99b 66832600 and word ptr [esi],0

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 5

SYMBOL_NAME: jscript!VAR::Clear+63

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: jscript

IMAGE_NAME: jscript.dll

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4535363a

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_jscript!VAR::Clear+63

BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_jscript!VAR::Clear+63

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

eax=04000800 ebx=00000000 ecx=030801cd edx=00000000 esi=02cc0040 edi=00140000
eip=7c92ae24 esp=0171f78c ebp=0171f848 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz ac po cy
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000213
ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x450:
7c92ae24 3b5004 cmp edx,dword ptr [eax+4] ds:0023:04000804=????????
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
0171f848 774fd004 00140000 00000000 02cc0060 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x450 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f85c 77124ac8 77606034 02cc0060 00000008 ole32!CRetailMalloc_Free+0x1c (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f87c 77124885 02cc0060 00000010 0239c130 oleaut32!APP_DATA::FreeCachedMem+0xa0 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f890 77124ae3 02cc0064 040e2c40 0239c130 oleaut32!SysFreeString+0x56 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f8a4 6339d99b 0239c130 0239c130 6339f405 oleaut32!VariantClear+0xbb (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f8b0 6339f405 040e2c40 008cdc28 008cbff8 jscript!VAR::Clear+0x63 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f8dc 6339e715 008cdc48 00000000 008cdc28 jscript!GcAlloc::ReclaimGarbage+0x76 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f8f8 6339f244 00000002 023b0790 023b0790 jscript!GcContext::Reclaim+0x93 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f90c 6339b86d 01718c29 023b0790 00000000 jscript!GcContext::Collect+0x9a (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f9a8 633a2fcb 0171f9ec 00000000 0171fbe0 jscript!CScriptRuntime::Run+0xe7 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171f9c0 633a31c9 0171f9ec 00000000 00000000 jscript!ScrFncObj::Call+0x8d (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fa30 6338ed4b 023bb1d0 0171fbe0 00000000 jscript!CSession::Execute+0xa1 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fa80 6338fad7 0171fbe0 0171fbc0 023cf18c jscript!COleScript::ExecutePendingScripts+0x147 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fae4 6338f91e 027b4d5c 031fe544 00000000 jscript!COleScript:arseScriptTextCore+0x243 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fb10 7e895c24 023cf18c 027b4d5c 031fe544 jscript!COleScript:arseScriptText+0x2b (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fb70 7e895a55 00000000 0023c9d0 021d2d20 mshtml!CScriptCollection:arseScriptText+0x240 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fc2c 7e895875 00000000 00000000 02c9cf20 mshtml!CScriptElement::CommitCode+0x263 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fc60 7e88ebb6 021a7950 00000000 00000000 mshtml!CScriptElement::Execute+0xc0 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fcb0 7e8bc893 028211e0 00000000 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmParse::Execute+0x43 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
0171fcc8 7e8bcc26 7e8bc0f1 001ec530 021a7950 mshtml!CHtmPost::Broadcast+0x11 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
start end module name
00400000 0049a000 iexplore iexplore.exe Tue Oct 17 21:04:37 2006 (45353755)
01310000 01319000 normaliz normaliz.dll Thu Jun 29 16:05:42 2006 (44A3EC46)
02000000 02006000 CTAGENT CTAGENT.DLL Fri Aug 11 07:56:02 2006 (44DC2A02)
0ffd0000 0fff8000 rsaenh rsaenh.dll Wed Jul 07 03:17:12 2004 (40EB5D28)
10000000 10194000 Flash6 Flash6.ocx Thu Jul 27 18:59:33 2006 (44C8FF05)
1b000000 1b00c000 imgutil imgutil.dll Tue Oct 17 20:57:55 2006 (453535C3)
1b060000 1b06e000 pngfilt pngfilt.dll Tue Oct 17 20:58:06 2006 (453535CE)
20000000 202c5000 xpsp2res xpsp2res.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
35c50000 35c89000 dxtrans dxtrans.dll Tue Oct 17 20:57:47 2006 (453535BB)
47060000 47081000 xmllite xmllite.dll Fri Jul 14 16:51:51 2006 (44B7BD97)
4ec50000 4edf3000 GdiPlus GdiPlus.dll Wed Aug 04 08:55:55 2004 (4110968B)
58760000 58792000 iepeers iepeers.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
5ad70000 5ada8000 uxtheme uxtheme.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:43 2004 (411096BB)
5b860000 5b8b4000 netapi32 netapi32.dll Thu Aug 17 13:28:27 2006 (44E460EB)
5d090000 5d12a000 comctl32_5d090000 comctl32.dll Fri Aug 25 16:45:58 2006 (44EF1B36)
5dca0000 5dce5000 iertutil iertutil.dll Tue Oct 17 20:57:14 2006 (4535359A)
5dff0000 5e01f000 ieui ieui.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
61410000 61534000 urlmon urlmon.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
61930000 6197a000 ieproxy ieproxy.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
63380000 633f8000 jscript jscript.dll Tue Oct 17 20:59:54 2006 (4535363A)
662b0000 66308000 hnetcfg hnetcfg.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:16 2004 (411096A0)
6d430000 6d43a000 ddrawex ddrawex.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:17 2004 (411096A1)
71a50000 71a8f000 mswsock mswsock.dll Wed Aug 04 08:59:20 2004 (41109758)
71a90000 71a98000 wshtcpip wshtcpip.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:49 2004 (411096FD)
71aa0000 71aa8000 ws2help ws2help.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
71ab0000 71ac7000 ws2_32 ws2_32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:38 2004 (411096F2)
71ad0000 71ad9000 wsock32 wsock32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:51 2004 (411096FF)
71bf0000 71c03000 samlib samlib.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:29 2004 (411096AD)
71d40000 71d5c000 actxprxy actxprxy.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:04 2004 (41109694)
722b0000 722b5000 sensapi sensapi.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:28 2004 (411096AC)
72d10000 72d18000 msacm32 msacm32.drv Sat Aug 18 06:33:30 2001 (3B7DFE2A)
72d20000 72d29000 wdmaud wdmaud.drv Wed Aug 04 08:56:54 2004 (411096C6)
72ea0000 72f00000 ieapfltr ieapfltr.dll Tue Oct 17 10:11:36 2006 (45349E48)
73000000 73026000 winspool winspool.drv Wed Aug 04 08:56:38 2004 (411096B6)
73760000 737a9000 ddraw ddraw.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:16 2004 (411096A0)
73bc0000 73bc6000 dciman32 dciman32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:15 2004 (4110969F)
746c0000 746e9000 msls31 msls31.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
746f0000 7471a000 msimtf msimtf.dll Wed Aug 04 08:58:33 2004 (41109729)
74720000 7476b000 msctf msctf.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:30 2004 (411096EA)
755c0000 755ee000 msctfime msctfime.ime Wed Aug 04 08:57:31 2004 (411096EB)
75cf0000 75d81000 mlang mlang.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:29 2004 (411096AD)
75e90000 75f40000 sxs sxs.dll Thu Oct 19 14:56:28 2006 (4537840C)
76200000 76277000 mshtmled mshtmled.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
76380000 76385000 msimg32 msimg32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:58:31 2004 (41109727)
76390000 763ad000 imm32 imm32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:30 2004 (411096AE)
763b0000 763f9000 comdlg32 comdlg32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:32 2004 (411096B0)
76600000 7661d000 cscdll cscdll.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:07 2004 (41109697)
769c0000 76a73000 userenv userenv.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
76b20000 76b31000 atl atl.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:55 2004 (411096C7)
76b40000 76b6d000 winmm winmm.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:10 2004 (411096D6)
76bf0000 76bfb000 psapi psapi.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:58 2004 (411096CA)
76c30000 76c5e000 wintrust wintrust.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
76c90000 76cb8000 imagehlp imagehlp.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:25 2004 (411096A9)
76d60000 76d79000 iphlpapi iphlpapi.dll Fri May 19 13:59:41 2006 (446DC13D)
76e80000 76e8e000 rtutils rtutils.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
76e90000 76ea2000 rasman rasman.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:29 2004 (411096AD)
76eb0000 76edf000 tapi32 tapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:38 2004 (411096B6)
76ee0000 76f1c000 rasapi32 rasapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:25 2004 (411096A9)
76f20000 76f47000 dnsapi dnsapi.dll Mon Jun 26 18:37:10 2006 (44A01B46)
76f60000 76f8c000 wldap32 wldap32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:43 2004 (411096BB)
76fc0000 76fc6000 rasadhlp rasadhlp.dll Mon Jun 26 18:37:10 2006 (44A01B46)
76fd0000 7704f000 clbcatq clbcatq.dll Tue Jul 26 05:39:44 2005 (42E5BE90)
77050000 77115000 comres comres.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
77120000 771ac000 oleaut32 oleaut32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
771b0000 7727e000 wininet wininet.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
773d0000 774d3000 comctl32 comctl32.dll Fri Aug 25 16:45:55 2006 (44EF1B33)
774e0000 7761d000 ole32 ole32.dll Tue Jul 26 05:39:47 2005 (42E5BE93)
77690000 776b1000 ntmarta ntmarta.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:02 2004 (411096CE)
77920000 77a13000 setupapi setupapi.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:32 2004 (411096B0)
77a20000 77a74000 cscui cscui.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:08 2004 (41109698)
77a80000 77b14000 crypt32 crypt32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:01 2004 (41109691)
77b20000 77b32000 msasn1 msasn1.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:23 2004 (411096E3)
77b40000 77b62000 apphelp apphelp.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
77bd0000 77bd7000 midimap midimap.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:25 2004 (411096A9)
77be0000 77bf5000 msacm32_77be0000 msacm32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:57:03 2004 (411096CF)
77c00000 77c08000 version version.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:39 2004 (411096B7)
77c10000 77c68000 msvcrt msvcrt.dll Wed Aug 04 08:59:14 2004 (41109752)
77c70000 77c93000 msv1_0 msv1_0.dll Wed Aug 04 08:59:11 2004 (4110974F)
77d40000 77dd0000 user32 user32.dll Wed Mar 02 18:09:29 2005 (42260159)
77dd0000 77e6b000 advapi32 advapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:23 2004 (411096A7)
77e70000 77f01000 rpcrt4 rpcrt4.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:30 2004 (411096AE)
77f10000 77f57000 gdi32 gdi32.dll Thu Dec 29 02:54:35 2005 (43B34FEB)
77f60000 77fd6000 shlwapi shlwapi.dll Mon Oct 23 16:34:21 2006 (453CE0FD)
77fe0000 77ff1000 secur32 secur32.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:49 2004 (411096C1)
7c800000 7c8f4000 kernel32 kernel32.dll Wed Jul 05 11:55:00 2006 (44AB9A84)
7c900000 7c9b0000 ntdll ntdll.dll Wed Aug 04 08:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
7c9c0000 7d1d5000 shell32 shell32.dll Thu Jul 13 14:33:24 2006 (44B64BA4)
7e1e0000 7e7a9000 ieframe ieframe.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
7e830000 7eb9f000 mshtml mshtml.dll Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 2006 (45516526)
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt

 

Hi, Dezzy. Welcome to Windows BBS!

I'm sorry, I do not claim to be an expert with BSOD analysis. However, I try to help when I can.

I Googled HEAP_CORRUPTION and came up with relatively few results (and I even read some of them). One of the Google search results is even linked to a Windows BBS thread. Perhaps one of those links will help steer you in the right direction.

One of those Google results links to a Windows BBS thread that contains a suggestion to check RAM for errors. Here are links to a few RAM testers that have been suggested in these forums you might want to try.

• Microsoft's Windows Memory Diagnostic
• Memtest86
• DocMem
• Prime 95

While I don't claim to be an expert regarding BSOD dump analysis, according to this 4-page article, Network World: "How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes" (specifically the last paragraph of page 3 and all of page 4), it appears your BSOD problem might be caused by jscript.dll.

However, the version of jscript.dll you have appears to be the same as mine (located in C:\windows\system32\). The file date (Oct. 17, 2006) is the same as mine anyway.

Even if my help attempt is way off base, it provides something for you to think about while waiting for a response from someone more knowledgable.

BTW, I also noticed your Flash Player ActiveX Control (Flash6.ocx) is a version that reportedly has security vulnerability issues (I think). Secunia's "Software Inspector " is an online, Java based utility for examining your system for insecure versions of software you might want to also try while waiting for suggestions from others about your BSOD issue. I expect that utility will identify your current version of Flash Player as insecure. While this is probably not related to your BSOD issue, you might want to uninstall your current Flash Player, reboot, and install the latest version (version 9, I think) from www.adobe.com.

 

I looked more closely at my C:\windows\system32\jscript.dll file and noticed, even though the date is the same as yours appears to be, the time stamp is different.

Here are the properties for my jscript.dll file.

• Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32
• Size: 480 KB (491,520 bytes)
• Size on disk: 480 KB (491,520 bytes)
• Created: Monday, January 13, 2003, 2:57:58 PM
• Modified: Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 12:00:00 PM
• File version: 5.7.0.5730
• Description: Microsoft (R) JScript
• MD5 Hash: 194D61A029411CC83011181D6E818600
• SHA-1 Hash: C9D5AB143BC9E2F2F655FC792F0F27114C6B4CB0

If you're running a different flavor of Windows XP than me, that might explain the time stamp difference.

 

I've had alot more random blue screens recently which is leading me to belive that the problem maybe hardware related, faulty memory block or something along those lines, its not something i've changed recently but perhaps could explain why these problems have continued even after the re-install of windows.

If anybody else has any other ideas before i give up and live with it untill i buy a new PC then i would appriciate that.

thanks,

Dezzy

 

I'm no expert when it comes to dump reports (but I'm trying to learn) - but it seems to be a problem with javascript in Internet Explorer that's causing this problem in your memory.

So, you test the memory to see if you get errors there. If that comes up clean, then you see if you can fix Internet Explorer. For IE7, try reverting back to IE6. For IE6, try reinstalling SP2 to repair IE6.

 

I've reverted to previous versions of IE already, but use firefox anyway, the Jscript is a comman thing that crops up in my dump reports, however i've also had some refering too "nv_mini.dll" and "nv4_disp.dll" I am aware that these are graphics card drivers and have reinstalled the gfx card and the drivers correctly, using safemode to remove all traces of the previous drivers however the problem still occurs.

This is what i meant in my last post when i suggested that the problem was random and could therefore be caused by faulty hardware.

I havent tried to use the SP2 install to repair, but i will try that next, i will also try and grab a new version of java to see if that corrects the problem.

Any other ideas are always welcome!

 

Javascript is different from Java (I don't fully understand the difference myself).

I would like to state, for the record, that's it's my opinion that there are no such things as "Random Events" with PC's. These "random events" are only non-random events whose cause/causes haven't been discovered yet.

That being said, hardware is a possibility. But it's easier to check the software than it is to check the hardware (in general) - so the troubleshooting usually starts there.

It's important to use a methodical approach to troubleshooting. Jumping around will just cause you to lose track of what you've already tried. Keep up with the software troubleshooting, then we can try some software tests for hardware troubleshooting, then we can start ripping your machine apart and swapping parts out (if it gets that far).

Good luck! This can be a real PITA!

 

Ok i ran a stress test on my memory earlier, Since reverting back to IE 6 i've not had any problems with JScript crashes, however, now this has only been whilst playing games (the same game before and after the install), i've had BSOD's and complete system halts with no responce.

The game if it has any relavance, is world of warcraft so its pushing my old system fairly hard. Every time i test something, i keep coming back to the one thing i cant test properly and thats my gfx card. I've had a couple of problems with the thing overheating in the past especially during the summer, i'm starting to wonder if its caused some major damage to the card, altho it still fuctions during basic tasks, when its pushed to display something heavy it gives me the lovely BSOD to stare at.

 

The test is to try another vid card and see if it blue screens on you - if it doesn't, then it's likely that the card is the issue.

All bets are off if you're overclocking anything - troubleshooting is best done with the system set at the standard settings. Once the troubleshooting is done in this mode, then add the overclocking tweaks one by one to test their stability.

 

Hi, Dezzy.

If you keep getting BSODs and if they are different from each other, please post DebugWiz-generated dump logs for those as well. BSOD experts often ask for several BSOD dump logs because they apparently help the experts narrow down the cause (sometimes).

Also, since you mentioned possible heat issues, you might want try using some monitoring software to check your fan speeds, CPU temperatures, GPU temperatures, etc. One such monitoring utility that is often recommended on these forums is EVEREST v2.20 (Home/Free Edition). Here's a Major Geeks link to EVEREST Free Edition. The monitoring statistics of interest are located in EVEREST's Computer > Sensor section.

Other system monitoring utilities are available via this Major Geeks link.

If heat appears to be an issue with your CPU, graphics card, etc., then you probably should use a can of compressed air to clean your fans, CPU heat sink, etc. (while the computer is off). Then re-check your temperatures after cleaning.

When cleaning each of your fans, be sure to hold the fan blades with your finger so the fan does not rotate. That's a precaution to prevent potentially damaging electrical current from being produced by rotating the fan blades. Also, I recommend you do NOT separate your CPU heat sink from your CPU. Otherwise, you're in for some tedious work reseating the CPU heat sink to the CPU.

 

Thanks for that, hardware and cleaning computers has never been much of an issue for me, genrally tend to be very good at that. I havent actually had a BSOD to check since the last event, it seems to have crashed out before then.

I'll report back soon!