A couple weeks ago, I started to encounter a problem which the PC would shut down about 30 seconds to 2 minutes after Windows started up(It kept giving me a fatal error message. Unfortunately i did not write that message down). It got to the point where I could not do anything, it would start up then a minute later would shut down.

So I decided to reformat my Hard Drive and start all over(I have a XP Disk). I put in the XP Disk and after it formatted, it started copying the XP files to my hard drive. There were several files that would not copy over to my HDD, so I chose the skip file suggestion. It was a few .dll files, a couple others, and the win32k.sys file. I figured oh well it looks like I have a bad sector in my HDD so I bought a new HDD. I did the same process, I formatted the HDD, and the XP CD started copying files to my HDD. Same thing happened, It would not copy the same certain files as last time for the most part(I dont think it had trouble copying the win32 file this time).

So a light blue screen appeared on my monitor and it stated,

Your computer has shut down........................

Then at the bottom it said


STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF803E1A, 0xF75F6c94, 0x0000000)
win32k.sys - Address BF803E1A base @ BF800000, Datestamp 41107f7a
Beginning dump of physical memory
physical memory dump complete


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

have a look here you may have a RAM problem

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315335

Originally Posted by brain_damage

have a look here you may have a RAM problem

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315335

Thank you so much Brain Damage. Turns out it was a memory stick. I had to take one out, and it worked.

I have only 1 gb of memory now, can i buy a different brand of memory and use it with my memory thats in it right now?

what sort of RAM (make, size and speed) have you got I use Kingston as it has a lifetime guarantee or memory like crucial is also very good some of the extra value does tend to have more problems

go here http://www.crucial.com/uk/?gclid=CIS...FQPnlAodCUnykg a very good tool

I have these
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820146565


This is what the site you posted recommend I buy(I selected my mobo, and model)
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/list...el=GA-P35-DS3R

I'm thinking of that 1 gb stick under Crucial recommends (Good 3 stars)

it would be better getting a matched pair.

did the RAM come with any guarantee?

It had the return within 90 days for a replacement. I'm long overdue that heh.