Random PC restarts (DUMP DATA included)

Hi all, hope I can get help here.

My pc just randomly restarts and it is getting really irratating.
It first freezes for 1-10 seconds then restarts.

Here is the debugging log:

Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt'

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.4.0007.2
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) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTS
Debug session time: Sat Sep 1 12:02:36.000 2007 (GMT+2)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: 0 days 0:00:09.000
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
........................................................................
(5ec.790): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!)
eax=00000000 ebx=000106a3 ecx=00000000 edx=7c90eb94 esi=00bc7ff0 edi=0000c0ac
eip=0012effc esp=0012f00c ebp=00000000 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000202
0012effc 94 xchg eax,esp
0:000> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
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* *
* Exception Analysis *
* *
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Unable to load image C:\Program Files\NetLimiter 2 Pro\NLHxClient.dll, Win32 error 2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for NLHxClient.dll
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for NLHxClient.dll

FAULTING_IP:
+12effc
0012effc 94 xchg eax,esp

EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffffff -- (.exr ffffffffffffffff)
.exr ffffffffffffffff
ExceptionAddress: 0012effc
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000001
Parameter[1]: 00000000
Attempt to write to address 00000000

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: APPLICATION_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME: NLClient.exe

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

WRITE_ADDRESS: 00000000

BUGCHECK_STR: ACCESS_VIOLATION

THREAD_ATTRIBUTES:
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 00000000 to 0012effc

SYMBOL_ON_RAW_STACK: 1

STACK_TEXT:
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x12effc


STACK_COMMAND: .ecxr; dds @$csp ; kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
NLHxClient+9930
00ab9930 ?? ???

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

SYMBOL_NAME: NLHxClient+9930

MODULE_NAME: NLHxClient

IMAGE_NAME: NLHxClient.dll

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 462c936e

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_NLHxClient+9930

BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_NLHxClient+9930

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

eax=00000000 ebx=000106a3 ecx=00000000 edx=7c90eb94 esi=00bc7ff0 edi=0000c0ac
eip=0012effc esp=0012f00c ebp=00000000 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000202
0012effc 94 xchg eax,esp
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x12effc
start end module name
00400000 00429000 NLClient NLClient.exe Mon Apr 23 13:04:50 2007 (462C92D2)
00ab0000 00b3c000 NLHxClient NLHxClient.dll Mon Apr 23 13:07:26 2007 (462C936E)
00be0000 00c02000 NLEnv NLEnv.dll Mon Apr 23 13:02:17 2007 (462C9239)
015f0000 018b5000 xpsp2res xpsp2res.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
02580000 025b0000 LSGuiCtrls LSGuiCtrls.dll Mon Apr 23 13:03:25 2007 (462C927D)
02820000 02885000 NodeView NodeView.dll Mon Apr 23 13:03:57 2007 (462C929D)
02a70000 02ab4000 ZoneStatsPlg ZoneStatsPlg.dll Mon Apr 23 13:04:25 2007 (462C92B9)
02fe0000 03028000 OptionsPlg OptionsPlg.dll Mon Apr 23 13:04:24 2007 (462C92B8)
03050000 03096000 nlvclient nlvclient.dll Mon Apr 23 13:05:44 2007 (462C9308)
03ff0000 0401a000 ChartPlg ChartPlg.dll Mon Apr 23 13:01:51 2007 (462C921F)
10000000 10167000 nview nview.dll Thu Sep 30 00:55:25 2004 (415B3D5D)
20000000 20088000 shdoclc shdoclc.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:37 2004 (411096B5)
4d4f0000 4d548000 winhttp winhttp.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:07 2004 (411096D3)
4ec50000 4edf3000 GdiPlus GdiPlus.dll Wed Aug 04 09:55:55 2004 (4110968B)
5ad70000 5ada8000 uxtheme uxtheme.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:43 2004 (411096BB)
5b0a0000 5b0a7000 umdmxfrm umdmxfrm.dll Sat Aug 18 07:35:53 2001 (3B7DFEB9)
5b860000 5b8b4000 netapi32 netapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:28 2004 (411096AC)
5cd70000 5cd77000 serwvdrv serwvdrv.dll Sat Aug 18 07:35:55 2001 (3B7DFEBB)
5d090000 5d127000 comctl32 comctl32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:31 2004 (411096AF)
6bdd0000 6be05000 dxtrans dxtrans.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:09 2004 (41109699)
6be10000 6be6a000 dxtmsft dxtmsft.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:08 2004 (41109698)
6d430000 6d43a000 ddrawex ddrawex.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:17 2004 (411096A1)
71aa0000 71aa8000 ws2help ws2help.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
71ab0000 71ac7000 ws2_32 ws2_32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:38 2004 (411096F2)
71b20000 71b32000 mpr mpr.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:46 2004 (411096BE)
71bf0000 71c03000 samlib samlib.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:29 2004 (411096AD)
72b20000 72b38000 plugin plugin.ocx Sat Aug 18 07:33:30 2001 (3B7DFE2A)
73760000 737a9000 ddraw ddraw.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:16 2004 (411096A0)
73bc0000 73bc6000 dciman32 dciman32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:15 2004 (4110969F)
73ce0000 73d18000 t2embed t2embed.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:34 2004 (411096B2)
73dc0000 73dc3000 lz32 lz32.dll Sat Aug 18 07:33:24 2001 (3B7DFE24)
746c0000 746e7000 msls31 msls31.dll Sat Aug 18 07:33:22 2001 (3B7DFE22)
746f0000 7471a000 MSIMTF MSIMTF.dll Wed Aug 04 09:58:33 2004 (41109729)
74720000 7476b000 MSCTF MSCTF.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:30 2004 (411096EA)
74980000 74ab0000 msxml3 msxml3.dll Wed Aug 04 09:59:24 2004 (4110975C)
754d0000 75550000 cryptui cryptui.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:06 2004 (41109696)
75c50000 75cbe000 jscript jscript.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:15 2004 (4110969F)
75cf0000 75d81000 mlang mlang.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:29 2004 (411096AD)
75e90000 75f40000 sxs sxs.dll Wed Aug 04 08:14:57 2004 (41107EE1)
76200000 76271000 mshtmled mshtmled.dll Wed Aug 04 09:58:10 2004 (41109712)
769c0000 76a73000 userenv userenv.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
76b20000 76b31000 atl atl.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:55 2004 (411096C7)
76b40000 76b6d000 winmm winmm.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:10 2004 (411096D6)
76bf0000 76bfb000 psapi psapi.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:58 2004 (411096CA)
76c30000 76c5e000 wintrust wintrust.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:41 2004 (411096B9)
76c90000 76cb8000 imagehlp imagehlp.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:25 2004 (411096A9)
76f60000 76f8c000 wldap32 wldap32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:43 2004 (411096BB)
76fd0000 7704f000 clbcatq clbcatq.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:18 2004 (411096A2)
77050000 77115000 comres comres.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
77120000 771ac000 oleaut32 oleaut32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
771b0000 77256000 wininet wininet.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:08 2004 (411096D4)
77260000 772fc000 urlmon urlmon.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:37 2004 (411096B5)
773d0000 774d2000 comctl32_773d0000 comctl32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:55:56 2004 (4110968C)
774e0000 7761d000 ole32 ole32.dll Thu Apr 28 21:31:10 2005 (427139FE)
77690000 776b1000 ntmarta ntmarta.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:02 2004 (411096CE)
77760000 778cc000 shdocvw shdocvw.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:38 2004 (411096B6)
77920000 77a13000 setupapi setupapi.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:32 2004 (411096B0)
77a80000 77b14000 crypt32 crypt32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:01 2004 (41109691)
77b20000 77b32000 msasn1 msasn1.dll Wed Aug 04 09:57:23 2004 (411096E3)
77b40000 77b62000 apphelp apphelp.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
77c00000 77c08000 version version.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:39 2004 (411096B7)
77c10000 77c68000 msvcrt msvcrt.dll Wed Aug 04 09:59:14 2004 (41109752)
77d40000 77dd0000 user32 user32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:40 2004 (411096B8)
77dd0000 77e6b000 advapi32 advapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:23 2004 (411096A7)
77e70000 77f01000 rpcrt4 rpcrt4.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:30 2004 (411096AE)
77f10000 77f56000 gdi32 gdi32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:07 2004 (41109697)
77f60000 77fd6000 shlwapi shlwapi.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:44 2004 (411096BC)
77fe0000 77ff1000 secur32 secur32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:49 2004 (411096C1)
7c800000 7c8f4000 kernel32 kernel32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
7c900000 7c9b0000 ntdll ntdll.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:36 2004 (411096B4)
7c9c0000 7d1d4000 shell32 shell32.dll Wed Aug 04 09:56:39 2004 (411096B7)
7d4a0000 7d782000 mshtml mshtml.dll Wed Aug 04 09:58:09 2004 (41109711)
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt

Thanks in advance.

 

I generally get very suspicious of bad memory with this behavior (restarts, not BSOD or shutdown).
If you have 2 or more sticks of memory, remove all and install / run 1 stick for twice the normal time of current failure. If you have only one stick, hopefully you can borrow some compatible memory. If BOTH sticks fail, both may be bad (borrow compatible to disprove) or problem is somewhere else. If you need to know the type of memory you are running, download / install EVEREST Free Edition 2.20. Keep in mind, OEM's (HP/Compaq/Dell can be very fussy / demanding in what memory will work. Continue to post DUMP logs to see if we can spot other possible problems.

 

Hi guys thanks for the replies.
Ok I did uninstall Netlimiter and the problem was still persisting.
So, I removed one of my ram sticks and the pc did not start up. This was wierd. So, I removed the "faulty" stick and put in the other one. Now my pc actually started up.

So now I thought I should test this. So I go play a game of wc3. What happened before I took out one of the ram sticks was, that it would freeze for 1-10 secs (like I said) and then restart. Now, with only one stick of ram it freezes, and then resumes. When it "freezes" my screen just goes black.

The thing I find funny is that when the screen goes black I can still type, and the people can still see what I am typing.

I think the next step is to scan my ram? I mean it has to be my ram. Anyone know of a good antivirus that can do that? I have gone through the free AVG options and I dont think that it has that feature.

Thanks again.

 

First I would take out the one stick that is working.
The stick you refer to as "faulty" possible just needs to be cleaned. Using a pencil eraser, gently go over the contacts. Move the eraser the same direction as the lines on the contact area. With a soft brush, remove all foreign material.
Now install into computer. If it starts up, the problem may be have been this stick had poor / intermittent contact. Just do some normal browser / emailing. If computer is stable, shut down and install 2nd stick (both installed - would not hurt to clean up this 2nd stick). Now fire up computer and do what you normally do to create the problem.

 

@ PeteC: Yea I did.
@Dennis L: Thanks I'll try that now.

Edit:
K well I cleaned my ram and I put both in, and the PC did not start up. I took the "faulty" one out and the PC froze on the xp loading screen. I restarted and tried again. This time it got to the logon but I got the blue screen of death(first time ever on this pc). It said something about nv_display not working. I'm guessing it has something to do with nVidea display. I put both rams sticks in and it worked.
Im downloading the new drivers now. Hope it works.

Edit again:
Hey I've installed the new drivers and it seems to be working fine now.

Thanks a lot for your effort and help.