Hi, i currently have a computer with the following specs.....

a geforce 5200fx
1gb ram
Pt800cea motherboard
3.2 ghz

My computer frequently just shuts off with no warning. it takes forever for my computer to start. my quicktime and video editign suties dont open, complaining of Type Engine problems. I run COD2 and other games and get like 8 fps. I dotn know what else to do than to go out and buy a new graphics card, motherboard and or reinstall windows

Hey Dingo!

Well... I don't think that it is so bad that you will have to replace half of your PC!
First question is: Was everything working fine before and sudenly stopped or it's like that since the beginning?

If things were good before you can try Windows Restore to bring your system back to a previous date. Another thing is to make sure that all your hardware has the latest drivers running, because even the best video adapter will give you maximum 256 colours and 640x480 if no drivers are present ;] If drivers are allright then I would suggest reinstalling Windows!

Hey. thanks for the reply. All my drivers are fully installed and my windows has been reinstalled numerous times.....

I was thinking on getting a new graphics card anyway...

Its been like this from the beggining.

Funny story

I knew something was up when i installed COD1, and i got about 33 fps. On my IBM t40 labtop i get 45. Thats with a 64mb integrated graphics card.

Randomly, my PC(problem creator) began to shut off. Then give me an error message saying windows has recovered from a serious error.

Hey!

Yeah, I think that is a video adapter issue. You can try borrowing a video card from some of your friends and see if the computer is still restarting and if you are getting crappy fps. You can even buy one some store that has like 30-days return policy :] That would definatelly help us with determining the source of the problem.

Good Luck!

mk got myself a raseon x850 pro, Fps are incredible! windows still crashes but what are you gonna do right?

maybe try reinstalling xp again haha

Originally Posted by Dingo5

mk got myself a raseon x850 pro, Fps are incredible! windows still crashes but what are you gonna do right?

maybe try reinstalling xp again haha

Yeah, I would recommend reinstalling or at least restoring Windows to the date it was still nice and soft ;]

Good luck!

well, i'm back....

i'm really tired of windows crashing over and over on me. I spent to much money on this computer to let this happen to me.

I've heard this could be due to a faulty card...

I've got some pictures here if this helps at all.....

http://brokensaberproductions.com/images/error.bmp

http://brokensaberproductions.com/images/error2.bmp

Oh please help me!

So it continues to crash with the new card?

Have you looked at your Event Viewer? Start/Run/ eventvwr

Check under System as well as Application for Errors as well as Information from either your graphics manufacturer (ATI?) or any listings from Dr. Watson or Save Dumps.

Also change this setting to get more detailed error messages:
rt. click My Computer then click Properties then Advanced then Startup and Recovery Settings then unclick Automatically restart

Finally you can read your full dump logs by following the following:

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.

Also what Firewall & Anti-Virus are you running? Do you have SP2?

i am running through a belkin wireless router so i personally do not have a firewall. I do have SP2.
Thank you for the information, i will post the text document back for you to help me!
I really appreciate this.

The following was the debuglog for Drwatson/user.dmp

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:\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 Personal
Debug session time: Tue Jan 17 19:54:49.000 2006 (GMT-5)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: 0 days 1:44:52.000
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
.................................................. .................................................. ..............................
(c64.518): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!)
eax=0000aae3 ebx=67b83e74 ecx=fffff0d7 edx=00000002 esi=09c3fab8 edi=70000000
eip=00000000 esp=0000000b ebp=00000003 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz ac po cy
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000297
00000000 ?? ???
0:025> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Exception Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************

*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for QuickTimeEssentials.qtx -
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for firefox.exe
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for firefox.exe -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for nspr4.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for xpcom_core.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for jvm.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for jpishare.dll -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for QuickTime.qts -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for QuickTimeWebHelper.qtx -
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for QuickTimeStreaming.qtx -

FAULTING_IP:
QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_ComponentDispatch+1fe2
67b4afc2 890c86 mov [esi+eax*4],ecx

EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffffff -- (.exr ffffffffffffffff)
.exr ffffffffffffffff
ExceptionAddress: 67b4afc2 (QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_ComponentDispatch+0x00001 fe2)
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000001
Parameter[1]: 09c6a644
Attempt to write to address 09c6a644

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: APPLICATION_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME: firefox.exe

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

WRITE_ADDRESS: 09c6a644

BUGCHECK_STR: ACCESS_VIOLATION

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 00000000 to 00000000

UNALIGNED_STACK_POINTER: 0000000b

STACK_TEXT:
00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x0


FOLLOWUP_IP:
QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_ComponentDispatch+1fe2
67b4afc2 890c86 mov [esi+eax*4],ecx

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

SYMBOL_NAME: QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_ComponentDispatch+1fe2

MODULE_NAME: QuickTimeEssentials

IMAGE_NAME: QuickTimeEssentials.qtx

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 43547312

STACK_COMMAND: .ecxr ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_Component Dispatch+1fe2

BUCKET_ID: ACCESS_VIOLATION_QuickTimeEssentials!SMD_Component Dispatch+1fe2

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

eax=0000aae3 ebx=67b83e74 ecx=fffff0d7 edx=00000002 esi=09c3fab8 edi=70000000
eip=00000000 esp=0000000b ebp=00000003 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz ac po cy
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000297
00000000 ?? ???
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x0
start end module name
00400000 00aea000 firefox firefox.exe Fri Nov 11 19:50:15 2005 (43753C47)
01170000 01195000 fullsoft fullsoft.dll Wed May 28 18:41:47 2003 (3ED53B2B)
01720000 01726000 qfaservices qfaservices.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:55 2005 (43753FF3)
02800000 02820000 npqtplugin npqtplugin.dll Mon Oct 17 23:42:23 2005 (43546F1F)
09870000 09b36000 msi msi.dll Mon May 02 11:51:33 2005 (42764C85)
09e40000 09feb000 QuickTimeAudioSupport QuickTimeAudioSupport.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:24 2005 (4354731C)
09ff0000 0a0bf000 QuickTimeStreaming QuickTimeStreaming.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:03 2005 (43547307)
0ffd0000 0fff8000 rsaenh rsaenh.dll Tue Jul 06 22:17:12 2004 (40EB5D28)
10000000 10017000 BrandRes BrandRes.dll Tue May 06 20:03:27 2003 (3EB84D4F)
20000000 202c5000 xpsp2res xpsp2res.dll Wed Aug 04 0341 2004 (411096B9)
59a60000 59b01000 dbghelp dbghelp.dll Wed Aug 04 0310 2004 (4110969A)
5ad70000 5ada8000 uxtheme uxtheme.dll Wed Aug 04 0343 2004 (411096BB)
5b860000 5b8b4000 netapi32 netapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 0328 2004 (411096AC)
5edd0000 5ede7000 olepro32 olepro32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:43 2004 (411096F7)
60010000 60022000 jar50 jar50.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60080000 600e9000 js3250 js3250.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60140000 60167000 nspr4 nspr4.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60170000 601c9000 nss3 nss3.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
601d0000 6020a000 nssckbi nssckbi.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60210000 60217000 plc4 plc4.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60220000 60226000 plds4 plds4.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60240000 6025a000 smime3 smime3.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60260000 602ba000 softokn3 softokn3.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
602c0000 602db000 ssl3 ssl3.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
602f0000 60304000 xpcom_compat xpcom_compat.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
60310000 60375000 xpcom_core xpcom_core.dll Fri Nov 11 20:05:34 2005 (43753FDE)
662b0000 66308000 hnetcfg hnetcfg.dll Wed Aug 04 0316 2004 (411096A0)
66800000 673b1000 QuickTime QuickTime.qts Mon Oct 17 23:59:03 2005 (43547307)
67470000 674ae000 QuickTimeWebHelper QuickTimeWebHelper.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:04 2005 (43547308)
674d0000 67537000 QuickTimeVR QuickTimeVR.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:03 2005 (43547307)
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67680000 67860000 QuickTimeAuthoring QuickTimeAuthoring.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:06 2005 (4354730A)
67860000 678ae000 QuickTimeCapture QuickTimeCapture.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:07 2005 (4354730B)
678b0000 67938000 QuickTimeEffects QuickTimeEffects.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:08 2005 (4354730C)
67950000 679db000 QuickTimeImage QuickTimeImage.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:10 2005 (4354730E)
679e0000 67a6a000 QuickTimeMusic QuickTimeMusic.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:11 2005 (4354730F)
67a70000 67aa3000 QuickTimeQD3D QuickTimeQD3D.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:12 2005 (43547310)
67ab0000 67b1b000 QuickTimeMPEG QuickTimeMPEG.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:13 2005 (43547311)
67b20000 67ba9000 QuickTimeEssentials QuickTimeEssentials.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:14 2005 (43547312)
67bb0000 67bfd000 QuickTimeMPEG4 QuickTimeMPEG4.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:15 2005 (43547313)
67c00000 67c76000 QuickTimeMPEG4Authoring QuickTimeMPEG4Authoring.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:16 2005 (43547314)
67c80000 67cd2000 QuickTime3GPP QuickTime3GPP.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:17 2005 (43547315)
67ce0000 67d4a000 QuickTime3GPPAuthoring QuickTime3GPPAuthoring.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:18 2005 (43547316)
67df0000 67e44000 QuickTimeStreamingAuthoring QuickTimeStreamingAuthoring.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:21 2005 (43547319)
67e50000 67e71000 QuickTimeStreamingExtras QuickTimeStreamingExtras.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:22 2005 (4354731A)
67e80000 67fa3000 QuickTimeH264 QuickTimeH264.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:23 2005 (4354731B)
68130000 6814a000 CoreVideo CoreVideo.qtx Mon Oct 17 23:59:04 2005 (43547308)
69450000 69466000 faultrep faultrep.dll Wed Aug 04 0305 2004 (41109695)
6d000000 6d167000 awt awt.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:28 2005 (425CFD34)
6d1c0000 6d1e3000 dcpr dcpr.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:29 2005 (425CFD35)
6d1f0000 6d203000 deploy deploy.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:29 2005 (425CFD35)
6d240000 6d27d000 fontmanager fontmanager.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:30 2005 (425CFD36)
6d280000 6d288000 hpi hpi.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:30 2005 (425CFD36)
6d300000 6d31d000 java java.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:30 2005 (425CFD36)
6d3c0000 6d3df000 jpeg jpeg.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:31 2005 (425CFD37)
6d420000 6d435000 jpinscp jpinscp.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:31 2005 (425CFD37)
6d440000 6d44c000 jpioji jpioji.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:31 2005 (425CFD37)
6d450000 6d468000 jpishare jpishare.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:31 2005 (425CFD37)
6d4c0000 6d4d3000 net net.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:32 2005 (425CFD38)
6d4e0000 6d4e9000 nio nio.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:32 2005 (425CFD38)
6d5b0000 6d5c1000 NPOJI610 NPOJI610.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:32 2005 (425CFD38)
6d5d0000 6d5ed000 RegUtils RegUtils.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:32 2005 (425CFD38)
6d610000 6d61c000 verify verify.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:33 2005 (425CFD39)
6d630000 6d63f000 zip zip.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:33 2005 (425CFD39)
6d640000 6d7c6000 jvm jvm.dll Wed Apr 13 07:06:33 2005 (425CFD39)
71a50000 71a8f000 mswsock mswsock.dll Wed Aug 04 03:59:20 2004 (41109758)
71a90000 71a98000 wshtcpip wshtcpip.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:49 2004 (411096FD)
71aa0000 71aa8000 ws2help ws2help.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
71ab0000 71ac7000 ws2_32 ws2_32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:38 2004 (411096F2)
71ad0000 71ad9000 wsock32 wsock32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:51 2004 (411096FF)
722b0000 722b5000 sensapi sensapi.dll Wed Aug 04 0328 2004 (411096AC)
72d10000 72d18000 msacm32 msacm32.drv Sat Aug 18 01:33:30 2001 (3B7DFE2A)
72d20000 72d29000 wdmaud wdmaud.drv Wed Aug 04 0354 2004 (411096C6)
73000000 73026000 winspool winspool.drv Wed Aug 04 0338 2004 (411096B6)
73760000 737a9000 ddraw ddraw.dll Wed Aug 04 0316 2004 (411096A0)
73940000 73a10000 d3dim700 d3dim700.dll Wed Aug 04 0304 2004 (41109694)
73bc0000 73bc6000 dciman32 dciman32.dll Wed Aug 04 0315 2004 (4110969F)
73ee0000 73ee4000 ksuser ksuser.dll Wed Aug 04 0329 2004 (411096AD)
73f10000 73f6c000 dsound dsound.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:08 2004 (411096D4)
746f0000 7471a000 MSIMTF MSIMTF.dll Wed Aug 04 03:58:33 2004 (41109729)
74720000 7476b000 MSCTF MSCTF.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:30 2004 (411096EA)
754d0000 75550000 cryptui cryptui.dll Wed Aug 04 0306 2004 (41109696)
75cf0000 75d81000 mlang mlang.dll Wed Aug 04 0329 2004 (411096AD)
76360000 76370000 winsta winsta.dll Wed Aug 04 0340 2004 (411096B8)
76380000 76385000 msimg32 msimg32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:58:31 2004 (41109727)
76390000 763ad000 imm32 imm32.dll Wed Aug 04 0330 2004 (411096AE)
763b0000 763f9000 comdlg32 comdlg32.dll Wed Aug 04 0332 2004 (411096B0)
76600000 7661d000 cscdll cscdll.dll Wed Aug 04 0307 2004 (41109697)
769c0000 76a73000 userenv userenv.dll Wed Aug 04 0341 2004 (411096B9)
76b40000 76b6d000 winmm winmm.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:10 2004 (411096D6)
76bf0000 76bfb000 psapi psapi.dll Wed Aug 04 0358 2004 (411096CA)
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76c90000 76cb8000 imagehlp imagehlp.dll Wed Aug 04 0325 2004 (411096A9)
76d60000 76d79000 iphlpapi iphlpapi.dll Wed Aug 04 0310 2004 (4110969A)
76e80000 76e8e000 rtutils rtutils.dll Wed Aug 04 0336 2004 (411096B4)
76e90000 76ea2000 rasman rasman.dll Wed Aug 04 0329 2004 (411096AD)
76eb0000 76edf000 tapi32 tapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 0338 2004 (411096B6)
76ee0000 76f1c000 rasapi32 rasapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 0325 2004 (411096A9)
76f20000 76f47000 dnsapi dnsapi.dll Wed Aug 04 0345 2004 (411096BD)
76f50000 76f58000 wtsapi32 wtsapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:55 2004 (41109703)
76f60000 76f8c000 wldap32 wldap32.dll Wed Aug 04 0343 2004 (411096BB)
76fb0000 76fb8000 winrnr winrnr.dll Wed Aug 04 0335 2004 (411096B3)
76fc0000 76fc6000 rasadhlp rasadhlp.dll Wed Aug 04 0324 2004 (411096A8)
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77120000 771ac000 oleaut32 oleaut32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:39 2004 (411096F3)
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774e0000 7761d000 ole32 ole32.dll Tue Jul 26 00:39:47 2005 (42E5BE93)
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77920000 77a13000 setupapi setupapi.dll Wed Aug 04 0332 2004 (411096B0)
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77bd0000 77bd7000 midimap midimap.dll Wed Aug 04 0325 2004 (411096A9)
77be0000 77bf5000 msacm32_77be0000 msacm32.dll Wed Aug 04 03:57:03 2004 (411096CF)
77c00000 77c08000 version version.dll Wed Aug 04 0339 2004 (411096B7)
77c10000 77c68000 msvcrt msvcrt.dll Wed Aug 04 03:59:14 2004 (41109752)
77c70000 77c93000 msv1_0 msv1_0.dll Wed Aug 04 03:59:11 2004 (4110974F)
77d40000 77dd0000 user32 user32.dll Wed Mar 02 13:09:29 2005 (42260159)
77dd0000 77e6b000 advapi32 advapi32.dll Wed Aug 04 0323 2004 (411096A7)
77e70000 77f01000 rpcrt4 rpcrt4.dll Wed Aug 04 0330 2004 (411096AE)
77f10000 77f57000 gdi32 gdi32.dll Wed Dec 28 21:54:35 2005 (43B34FEB)
77f60000 77fd6000 shlwapi shlwapi.dll Thu Oct 20 23:39:29 2005 (435862F1)
77fe0000 77ff1000 secur32 secur32.dll Wed Aug 04 0349 2004 (411096C1)
7c800000 7c8f4000 kernel32 kernel32.dll Wed Aug 04 0336 2004 (411096B4)
7c900000 7c9b0000 ntdll ntdll.dll Wed Aug 04 0336 2004 (411096B4)
7c9c0000 7d1d5000 shell32 shell32.dll Thu Sep 22 23:05:26 2005 (433370F6)
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt


and another, which was the dmp file within Windows/minidump

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\Mini011806-01.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