Hi there,

The reboot may be due to system overheating.. (i.e fan failure) go into your bios and look at the system temperatures of the cpu and motherboard - if they are over 50deg C then there may be a problem. - If your bios doesnt display temeratures then download a program that can test them for you like motherboard monitor (google it)

Also in System in the control panels click on the advanced tab - click on settings for startup and recovery and untick automatically restart.

Regards
Mathias

Hi Mathias
No go on fan and heat. Fan is working and did ran for over a week with cover removed. Also I have Antec power supply 380W in place of original so there is no problem in this area. Walter

Post more dumps as you get them.

Everything so far points to memory but it's hard to pin point the where and the what as there are many sources and uses of various memory in that box.

Again comparing the dumps might shed some light.

[Hi Jephree
here is a dump. This one is from Dr Watson Walter

Hi walter,

have you tried testing your ram with memtest?

If not try that as the first log you posted does have a memory corruption error in it,,,

http://www.memtest86.com

Mathias

Originally Posted by walterj

[Hi Jephree
here is a dump. This one is from Dr Watson Walter

That last dump was just the preliminary data.

When you copy the log it is best to select all (Ctrl A) then copy (Ctrl C) and paste (Ctrl V).

Or else the log was cut off some other way.


Also I would suggest this change:

Right click My Computer then click Properties

Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings

Write debugging information

Set to Kernal Memory Dump

Originally Posted by tias2001

Hi walter,

have you tried testing your ram with memtest?

If not try that as the first log you posted does have a memory corruption error in it,,,

http://www.memtest86.com

Mathias

Hi Mathias
did ran 8/18
Hi Jephree
Ran memory test. made 3 passes. came out OK.
What is the next step. Thanks

Originally Posted by jephree

That last dump was just the preliminary data.

When you copy the log it is best to select all (Ctrl A) then copy (Ctrl C) and paste (Ctrl V).

Or else the log was cut off some other way.


Also I would suggest this change:

Right click My Computer then click Properties

Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings

Write debugging information

Set to Kernal Memory Dump

Hi Jephree
Will set the setings for dumps.
Walter

Hi Jephree
yesterday at 20:58 system restarted, that generated 2 dumps . one went into \windows\memory.dmp. this one is debuglog.txt
second went to \minidump\mini082006-02.dmp. that is debuglog1.txt
Thanks Walter

At this point I would suggest a diagnostic process of elimination.

Your errors continue to point to hardware and especially memory although this can still be triggered by drivers (software).

To eliminate software issues start turning off programs that automatically run. You can try this manually (for example I would turn off all Norton Products). Right click the icons in the System Tray (lower right) and choose EXIT. On a more advanced level you can go to start Run.. msconfig | Startup. Here you can uncheck all or selectively uncheck programs from starting. You can always go back here and recheck. On reboot you will be warned that you are starting in a Diagnostic Mode. Just check (I know) Don't show me this again.

A final software check would be to reinstall XP from scratch. If that continues to crash you can pretty much focus on a hardware issue.

As to hardware checks I would remove the second stick of RAM as a first test. Next start removing drives (other than your boot C: drive). etc etc.

Just to give you an idea of an approach. Please post more dumps and advise on progress.

Your last dumps (although pointing to a hardware failure) were last dealing with Norton before the crash.