everytime I try to play dvd games on my computer, the game will stop and I will be asked to send an error report to microsoft. The error report says that there was a problem with actofwar.exe. I don't know who to sort this out as I don't know much about computers, can anyone help?

Does your computer/ graphics card meet the minimum requirements for this game?

Check your graphics card via: Start/Run/ dxdiag | Display

What is your Device & Driver?

Hi, these are the min requirements for the game:
System: PC

7 Operating System: Windows 2000/XP
7 Processor: Pentium 4 1.5GHz or faster
7 Memory: 256 MB RAM
7 Hard Drive Space: 800 MB free space
7 DVD-ROM: 2X DVD ROM
* Video Card: 64MB video RAM with full T&L support. ATI Radeon 8500 or superior, Nvidia GeForce3 (GeForce4 MX or intel extreme Graphics family are not supported)
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Multi-player: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) supported. Broadband Internet connection required for on-line play.
* DirectX Version: 9.0c

And this is what I have:

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2955 MHz (15 x 197)
Motherboard Name ASRock P4VT8+ (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8763 Apollo PT800
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (04/08/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9200 SE (RV280)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (000000000000)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller
Storage
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y120L0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive IDE DVD-ROM 16X (16x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 117232 MB (96080 MB free)

When my son trys to play the game it will work for a few minutes and then an error message will appear and the computer will reboot, it was continually rebooting and shutting down so I switched off the auto reboot but the error messages seem to change each time I try the game.
Last 2 were
PROBLEM DETECTED IRQL-NOT-LESS-OR-EQUAL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
***STOP: 0X00000000A (0X0000FFDF, 0X00000001C, 0X00000001, 0X804E2521)

AND

STOP: C000021A {FATAL SYSTEM ERROR}

Don't know if you can help me with this?

Thanks

Jo

Those errors indicate driver problems.

Your system should be fine for playing those games.

The latest VIA chipset drivers can be found here:

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&Type=1
Follow XP | Chipset Drivers
VIA 4in1 Version - 4.56v 12 April 2005



If your RADEON 9200 is an ATI model the latest package is here:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27

When updating your graphics drivers you need to uninstall the current version first from the Device Manager. As well as removing the entire Catalyst package from Control Panel | Add/ Remove Programs.

Do this in Safe Mode & have the latest Catalyst Package downloaded to your desktop so that you can install after you reboot.

Hi

I've done this but the game is still crashing, although it did play for a bit longer than last time.

Is this a new computer? Did it ever play these games? Are there any other problems?

To check for more detailed error messages:

Look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash.

Also:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your latest .dmp file.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your latest .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.

computer now crashing and freezing all the time.
this is info on latest .dmp file. Haven't tried game recently, hope you can help.

Jo



Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt'

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.5.0003.7
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini070405-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

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
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805624a0
Debug session time: Sun Jul 3 21:25:25.562 2005 (GMT+1)
System Uptime: 0 days 3:11:20.265
Loading Kernel Symbols
.................................................. .................................................. ..................
Loading unloaded module list
..........
Loading User Symbols
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 4E, {99, 11699, 0, 0}

Probably caused by : memory_corruption ( nt!MiDecrementShareCount+4f )

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

1: kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT (4e)
Typically caused by drivers passing bad memory descriptor lists (ie: calling
MmUnlockPages twice with the same list, etc). If a kernel debugger is
available get the stack trace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000099, A PTE or PFN is corrupt
Arg2: 00011699, page frame number
Arg3: 00000000, current page state
Arg4: 00000000, 0

Debugging Details:
------------------


CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x4E

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 805299ba to 805371aa

STACK_TEXT:
f8cb0ce8 805299ba 0000004e 00000099 00011699 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b
f8cb0d14 804eb6ef 000b31ac 833beb30 00000004 nt!MiDecrementShareCount+0x4f
f8cb0d74 804eb59f 002df2bc 00000000 00000000 nt!MmOutPageKernelStack+0x16e
f8cb0da8 804eb5aa 80574128 00000000 00000000 nt!KiOutSwapKernelStacks+0xe5
f8cb0dac 80574128 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KeSwapProcessOrStack+0x43
f8cb0ddc 804efc81 804e8294 00000000 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16


FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!MiDecrementShareCount+4f
805299ba f6400401 test byte ptr [eax+0x4],0x1

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!MiDecrementShareCount+4f

MODULE_NAME: nt

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 42250f77

STACK_COMMAND: kb

IMAGE_NAME: memory_corruption

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x4E_nt!MiDecrementShareCount+4f

BUCKET_ID: 0x4E_nt!MiDecrementShareCount+4f

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

eax=f8add13c ebx=00011699 ecx=00000000 edx=81d9a440 esi=81ef2e58 edi=00011699
eip=805371aa esp=f8cb0cd0 ebp=f8cb0ce8 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000286
nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b:
805371aa 5d pop ebp
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
f8cb0ce8 805299ba 0000004e 00000099 00011699 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f8cb0d14 804eb6ef 000b31ac 833beb30 00000004 nt!MiDecrementShareCount+0x4f (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f8cb0d74 804eb59f 002df2bc 00000000 00000000 nt!MmOutPageKernelStack+0x16e (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f8cb0da8 804eb5aa 80574128 00000000 00000000 nt!KiOutSwapKernelStacks+0xe5 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
f8cb0dac 80574128 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KeSwapProcessOrStack+0x43 (FPO: [1,0,0])
f8cb0ddc 804efc81 804e8294 00000000 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16
start end module name
804d7000 806fd000 nt ntkrnlmp.exe Wed Mar 02 00:57:27 2005 (42250F77)
806fd000 8071dd00 hal halmacpi.dll Wed Aug 04 06:59:09 2004 (41107B2D)
b767e000 b76a7f00 kmixer kmixer.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:46 2004 (41107D32)
b7ba1000 b7be1100 HTTP HTTP.sys Sat Oct 09 00:48:20 2004 (41672744)
b806f000 b8083400 wdmaud wdmaud.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:03 2004 (41107EE7)
b8499000 b84bc000 Fastfat Fastfat.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:14:15 2004 (41107EB7)
b8534000 b8585300 srv srv.sys Tue May 10 01:17:49 2005 (427FFDAD)
b85d6000 b8602400 mrxdav mrxdav.sys Wed Aug 04 07:00:49 2004 (41107B91)
b86af000 b86b1bc0 secdrv secdrv.sys Mon Jul 01 09:46:43 2002 (3D2016F3)
b86eb000 b86f9d80 sysaudio sysaudio.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:54 2004 (41107F1A)
b8783000 b8785bc0 CdaC15BA CdaC15BA.SYS Mon Jul 01 09:46:43 2002 (3D2016F3)
b8793000 b8796e40 Aspi32 Aspi32.SYS Sat Sep 11 00:46:10 1999 (37D99842)
b88d3000 b88e8580 irda irda.sys Wed Aug 04 07:00:50 2004 (41107B92)
bab19000 bab30480 dump_atapi dump_atapi.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:41 2004 (41107B4D)
bab31000 bab5c000 klif klif.sys Thu Jun 16 17:50:32 2005 (42B1ADD8)
bab84000 babf2400 mrxsmb mrxsmb.sys Wed Jan 19 04:26:50 2005 (41EDE18A)
babf3000 bac1da00 rdbss rdbss.sys Thu Oct 28 02:13:57 2004 (418047D5)
bac1e000 bac3fd00 afd afd.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:13 2004 (41107EB5)
bac40000 bac60f00 ipnat ipnat.sys Wed Sep 29 23:28:36 2004 (415B3714)
bac61000 bac88c00 netbt netbt.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
bac89000 bace0d80 tcpip tcpip.sys Wed May 25 20:04:00 2005 (4294CC20)
bace1000 bacf3400 ipsec ipsec.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
bad28000 bad2b280 ndisuio ndisuio.sys Wed Aug 04 07:03:10 2004 (41107C1E)
bad85000 bad85b80 Null Null.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:47:39 2001 (3B7D82EB)
bf800000 bf9c0500 win32k win32k.sys Wed Mar 02 01:06:42 2005 (422511A2)
bf9c1000 bf9d2580 dxg dxg.sys Wed Aug 04 07:00:51 2004 (41107B93)
bf9d3000 bfa0f000 ati2dvag ati2dvag.dll Fri May 13 03:15:28 2005 (42840DC0)
bfa0f000 bfa42000 ati2cqag ati2cqag.dll Fri May 13 02:38:01 2005 (428404F9)
bfa42000 bfa75000 atikvmag atikvmag.dll Fri May 13 02:44:06 2005 (42840666)
bfa75000 bfcb2200 ati3duag ati3duag.dll Fri May 13 03:01:23 2005 (42840A73)
bfcb3000 bfd48c40 ativvaxx ativvaxx.dll Fri May 13 02:55:18 2005 (42840906)
f7286000 f72b9200 update update.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f72ba000 f72cae00 psched psched.sys Wed Aug 04 07:04:16 2004 (41107C60)
f72cb000 f72e1680 ndiswan ndiswan.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:30 2004 (41107EC6)
f72e2000 f7305980 portcls portcls.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:47 2004 (41107F13)
f7306000 f744b540 cmuda cmuda.sys Thu May 12 0706 2005 (4282F5D2)
f744c000 f745f900 parport parport.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:04 2004 (41107B28)
f7460000 f7482e80 USBPORT USBPORT.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f7483000 f74a5680 ks ks.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f74a6000 f74b9780 VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:07:04 2004 (41107D08)
f74ba000 f75f0000 ati2mtag ati2mtag.sys Fri May 13 03:15:06 2005 (42840DAA)
f8118000 f811a280 rasacd rasacd.sys Fri Aug 17 21:55:39 2001 (3B7D84CB)
f8632000 f8635c80 mssmbios mssmbios.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f8656000 f8670580 Mup Mup.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f8671000 f869da80 NDIS NDIS.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
f869e000 f872a480 Ntfs Ntfs.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:06 2004 (41107EEA)
f872b000 f8741780 KSecDD KSecDD.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:45 2004 (41107B51)
f8742000 f8753f00 sr sr.sys Wed Aug 04 07:06:22 2004 (41107CDE)
f8754000 f8772780 fltmgr fltmgr.sys Wed Aug 04 07:01:17 2004 (41107BAD)
f8773000 f878a800 SCSIPORT SCSIPORT.SYS Wed Aug 04 06:59:39 2004 (41107B4B)
f878b000 f879de00 viasraid viasraid.sys Thu Oct 30 09:38:31 2003 (3FA0DC17)
f879e000 f87b5480 atapi atapi.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:41 2004 (41107B4D)
f87b6000 f87d4880 ftdisk ftdisk.sys Fri Aug 17 21:52:41 2001 (3B7D8419)
f87d5000 f87e5a80 pci pci.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:45 2004 (41107D31)
f87e6000 f8813d80 ACPI ACPI.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:35 2004 (41107D27)
f8835000 f883dc00 isapnp isapnp.sys Fri Aug 17 21:58:01 2001 (3B7D8559)
f8845000 f884f500 MountMgr MountMgr.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:29 2004 (41107B05)
f8855000 f8861c80 VolSnap VolSnap.sys Wed Aug 04 07:00:14 2004 (41107B6E)
f8865000 f886de00 disk disk.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:53 2004 (41107B59)
f8875000 f8881200 CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f88c5000 f88cd880 Fips Fips.SYS Sat Aug 18 02:31:49 2001 (3B7DC585)
f8925000 f8934900 Cdfs Cdfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:14:09 2004 (41107EB1)
f8985000 f898dd00 intelppm intelppm.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:19 2004 (41107B37)
f8995000 f89a1180 cdrom cdrom.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:52 2004 (41107B58)
f89a5000 f89b3080 redbook redbook.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:34 2004 (41107B46)
f89b5000 f89c1e00 i8042prt i8042prt.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
f89c5000 f89d4d80 serial serial.sys Wed Aug 04 07:15:51 2004 (41107F17)
f89d5000 f89e3b80 drmk drmk.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:54 2004 (41107D3A)
f89e5000 f89ef400 fetnd5b fetnd5b.sys Tue Nov 11 10:41:06 2003 (3FB0BCC2)
f89f5000 f8a01880 rasl2tp rasl2tp.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:21 2004 (41107EBD)
f8a05000 f8a0f200 raspppoe raspppoe.sys Wed Aug 04 07:05:06 2004 (41107C92)
f8a15000 f8a20d00 raspptp raspptp.sys Wed Aug 04 07:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f8a25000 f8a2d900 msgpc msgpc.sys Wed Aug 04 07:04:11 2004 (41107C5B)
f8a35000 f8a3ef00 termdd termdd.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:52 2004 (41107B1C)
f8a45000 f8a4e480 NDProxy NDProxy.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:55:30 2001 (3B7D84C2)
f8a75000 f8a83100 usbhub usbhub.sys Wed Aug 04 07:08:40 2004 (41107D68)
f8a95000 f8a9d700 wanarp wanarp.sys Wed Aug 04 07:04:57 2004 (41107C89)
f8aa5000 f8aad700 netbios netbios.sys Wed Aug 04 07:03:19 2004 (41107C27)
f8ab5000 f8abb200 PCIIDEX PCIIDEX.SYS Wed Aug 04 06:59:40 2004 (41107B4C)
f8abd000 f8ac1900 PartMgr PartMgr.sys Sat Aug 18 02:32:23 2001 (3B7DC5A7)
f8ac5000 f8ac9bc0 PxHelp20 PxHelp20.sys Tue Oct 28 18:25:49 2003 (3F9EB4AD)
f8acd000 f8ad3d00 viaagp1 viaagp1.sys Wed Jul 02 11:08:01 2003 (3F02AF01)
f8ad5000 f8ad9880 TDI TDI.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f8b05000 f8b0b500 usbprint usbprint.sys Wed Aug 04 07:01:23 2004 (41107BB3)
f8b4d000 f8b51500 watchdog watchdog.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:32 2004 (41107D24)
f8bd5000 f8bda000 usbuhci usbuhci.sys Wed Aug 04 07:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f8bdd000 f8be3800 usbehci usbehci.sys Wed Aug 04 07:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f8be5000 f8beaa00 mouclass mouclass.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f8bed000 f8bf3000 kbdclass kbdclass.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f8bf5000 f8bf6000 fdc fdc.sys unavailable (00000000)
f8bfd000 f8c01c80 rasirda rasirda.sys Fri Aug 17 21:51:29 2001 (3B7D83D1)
f8c05000 f8c09580 ptilink ptilink.sys Fri Aug 17 21:49:53 2001 (3B7D8371)
f8c0d000 f8c11080 raspti raspti.sys Fri Aug 17 21:55:32 2001 (3B7D84C4)
f8c15000 f8c1a000 flpydisk flpydisk.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:24 2004 (41107B3C)
f8c25000 f8c2a200 vga vga.sys Wed Aug 04 07:07:06 2004 (41107D0A)
f8c2d000 f8c31a80 Msfs Msfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:00:37 2004 (41107B85)
f8c35000 f8c3c880 Npfs Npfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 07:00:38 2004 (41107B86)
f8c3d000 f8c43000 symlcbrd symlcbrd.sys Tue Feb 01 06:13:32 2005 (41FF1E0C)
f8c45000 f8c48000 BOOTVID BOOTVID.dll Fri Aug 17 21:49:09 2001 (3B7D8345)
f8c49000 f8c4b280 kl1 kl1.sys Thu Jun 16 17:50:50 2005 (42B1ADEA)
f8cd1000 f8cd3aa0 klmc klmc.sys Thu Jun 16 17:50:36 2005 (42B1ADDC)
f8cd9000 f8cdcb00 usbscan usbscan.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:44 2004 (41107B14)
f8d19000 f8d1b900 Dxapi Dxapi.sys Fri Aug 17 21:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
f8d25000 f8d28c80 serenum serenum.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:06 2004 (41107B2A)
f8d29000 f8d2b980 gameenum gameenum.sys Wed Aug 04 07:08:20 2004 (41107D54)
f8d2d000 f8d2f580 ndistapi ndistapi.sys Fri Aug 17 21:55:29 2001 (3B7D84C1)
f8d35000 f8d36b80 kdcom kdcom.dll Fri Aug 17 21:49:10 2001 (3B7D8346)
f8d37000 f8d38100 WMILIB WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 22:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8d39000 f8d3a500 viaide viaide.sys Wed Aug 04 06:59:42 2004 (41107B4E)
f8d79000 f8d7aa80 ParVdm ParVdm.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:49:49 2001 (3B7D836D)
f8d85000 f8d86100 swenum swenum.sys Wed Aug 04 06:58:41 2004 (41107B11)
f8d87000 f8d88280 USBD USBD.SYS Fri Aug 17 22:02:58 2001 (3B7D8682)
f8d8b000 f8d8cf00 Fs_Rec Fs_Rec.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:49:37 2001 (3B7D8361)
f8d8d000 f8d8e080 Beep Beep.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:47:33 2001 (3B7D82E5)
f8d8f000 f8d90080 mnmdd mnmdd.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:57:28 2001 (3B7D8538)
f8d91000 f8d92080 RDPCDD RDPCDD.sys Fri Aug 17 21:46:56 2001 (3B7D82C0)
f8da5000 f8da6100 dump_WMILIB dump_WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 22:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8e20000 f8e20d00 dxgthk dxgthk.sys Fri Aug 17 21:53:12 2001 (3B7D8438)
f8f4e000 f8f4ec00 audstub audstub.sys Fri Aug 17 21:59:40 2001 (3B7D85BC)

Unloaded modules:
b8022000 b804c000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
bad46000 bad47000 drmkaud.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b804c000 b806f000 aec.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b8633000 b8640000 DMusic.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b8623000 b8631000 swmidi.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8d45000 f8d47000 splitter.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f88b5000 f88c0000 imapi.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f88a5000 f88ae000 processr.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8c1d000 f8c22000 Cdaudio.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f811c000 f811f000 Sfloppy.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt

That dump although driver triggered is also suggesting Memory Corruption.

Is this a new computer? Is it under warranty?

What is the make & model?

Do you feel comfortable in opening it up?

It's about 8mths old and is under warranty but I don't want to take it in unless I really have to. Is it difficult to fix?

computer now crashing and freezing all the time.

This is not a good condition for a relativly new machine.

You can try a RAM test:

(OK fast): http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

(Better slow): http://www.memtest86.com/

With good drivers & RAM my next step would be to open it up.
But at that point with a warranty I would take it back.

Have you any new dump logs?