pc Freeze n then Reboots... common..?

seems like a lot of people are experiencing this kind of problem...
could someone help me please. i've read through some threads from a few sites but still not really getting anywhere.....
my com still randomly freezes and then reboots itself.

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: Presario 2500 (DS542U)
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
Memory: 958MB RAM


the blue screen before it reboots gives me this message..

Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_ EQUAL

Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x000004000, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF75C6A96)

*** NDIS.sys - Address F75c6A96 base at F75AA000, DateStamp 41107ec3

thx ahead of time guys....

 

oh, and after it restarts
it gives me this message report:

system has recovered from a serious error.

Error signature:
BCCode: 100000d1 BCP: 00000400 BCP2: 00000002 BCP3: 00000000
BCP4: F75C6A96 OSVer: 5_1_2600 SP: 2_0 Product: 768_1


and when i view technical info it gives me this:

C:\DOCUME~1\XIANGS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER5a9d.dir00\Mini120207-02.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\XIANGS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER5a9d.dir00\sysdata.xml

 

Hi and welcome to the BBS,

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810093&sd=RMVP
Try resetting the Virtual Memory (Paging File).

HP computers are supplied with "compatible" RAM, have you changed/upgraded it? It could possibly be a bad connection.

There are memory diagnostics in my signature.

Follow the instructions here to run the debugging tool:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=33471

Matt

 

thx, i'll give it a try, and actually YES! i just upgraded my ram, i inserted 2 more 512 ram and took out the 256 ram that came with it.

i'll check the ram and see how it goes...