Hi Japhree
Sisnce last posting at 11:14 I had one hard freeze requiring turning off system and one BSD. Send info to MS and response from them for first time instead of normal device driver was
Hardware failure: replace failed component. I am attaching new memory dump. In memeory dumps it is also pointing to hardware problem. What is the best approach to find offending device. Thanks Walter

Sorry that this is such a tedious process.

Most of those last dumps indicate Hardware but this can still be a driver affecting hardware.

Norton's Firewall is still on the top of every stack. Apparently it is still starting and running.

How did you try to stop it?

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.

Norton apps that keep appearing:

SYMTDI.SYS
SYMREDRV.SYS
SYMNDIS.SYS
SYMFW.SYS

Originally Posted by jephree

Sorry that this is such a tedious process.

Most of those last dumps indicate Hardware but this can still be a driver affecting hardware.

Norton's Firewall is still on the top of every stack. Apparently it is still starting and running.

How did you try to stop it?



Norton apps that keep appearing:

SYMTDI.SYS
SYMREDRV.SYS
SYMNDIS.SYS
SYMFW.SYS

Hi Japhree
went into norton and flagged it as disabled. Forgat to go into msconfig and flag it there as do not start. Walter
Additiona comments. About 6:00 AM CDT(chicago) system went into BSD. When it came up norton firewall did not start. Tonight I will after work uninstall both nortons firewall and clean sweep in order to eliminate any extra variables.
Also Friday I went into system and changed option to do not restart after BSD. Did not pay attention to much to graphics until this morning. previous screens were kind a gray with almost scale like texture on screen. Todays it came up regular blue and white. Possibility of video card going bad? using pc tools from HP both in dos mode and in windows did run tests on viedeo card. came out clean. Thanks Walter

Please post back the results of this scan:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

Also what is the make and model of the computer?

Plus any new dumps.

Originally Posted by jephree

Please post back the results of this scan:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

Also what is the make and model of the computer?

Plus any new dumps.

Hi Jephree
Sorry about not responding for two days. Had to go out of town.
Pc is HP a384 model. came with 512 m memory and 80 g HD. I have added to it 2 IBM 36 g SCSI drives and adaptec card and 1 512 skick. Since original ps was only 250 new one is there. Antec true power 380watt. I am still getting hard freezes and yesterday had couple BSD dumps found only dump for one occureence.. This morning I went back to 2 sticks. here is result of scan. also last dump. Walter
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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 2079
Description x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label BANK0
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label BANK1
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD800EB-11DJF0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 80023265280 (~75 GB)
Number of Partitions 2

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IBM DPSS-336950N SCSI Disk Device
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 36947957760 (~34 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IBM DPSS-336950N SCSI Disk Device
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 36947957760 (~34 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name Symantec Fax Starter Edition
Port Name OLFModem
Default False
Driver Name OLFAXDRV

Name Lexmark 3100 Series
Port Name USB003
Default False
Driver Name Lexmark 3100 Series

Name HP Photosmart 380 Series
Port Name USB002
Default False
Driver Name HP Photosmart 380 Series

Name Fax
Port Name SHRFAX:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Shared Fax Driver

Name CAPTURE FAX BVRP
Port Name NUL:
Default False
Driver Name CAPTURE FAX BVRP

Name Canon S450
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name Canon S450


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product A7N8X-LA
Serial Number X312345678
Version 1.xx


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name BIOS Date: 08/31/04 15:16:47 Ver: 08.00.08
Release Date 20040831000000.000000+000
Version A M I - 8000431


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description hp f1503 Flat Panel Monitor
Name hp f1503 Flat Panel Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description HP PS2 Keyboard (2K - 3)


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft PS/2 Mouse


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Realtek
Description Realtek AC'97 Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_006A&SUBSYS_80951043&REV_A1\3&267 A616A&1&30


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 67108864
Description NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.9131
Driver Date 6/1/2006 10:22:00 PM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model Lucent Win Modem
Name Lucent Win Modem


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description 1394 Net Adapter

External Ports:
PropertyValue
External Reference Designator PS/2 Mouse
External Reference Designator PS/2 Keyboard
External Reference Designator USB1
External Reference Designator USB2
External Reference Designator USB3
External Reference Designator USB4
External Reference Designator USB5
External Reference Designator USB6
External Reference Designator LPT
External Reference Designator Audio Mic In
External Reference Designator Audio Line In
External Reference Designator Audio Line Out
External Reference Designator LAN
External Reference Designator FireWire 1
External Reference Designator FireWire 2
External Reference Designator Serial Port 1
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
PropertyValue
Slot Designation AGP
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
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That error is often associated with Graphics Cards but the Fault was on AVG.

It is curious how security software is triggering most of these dumps and yet they reflect hardware problems in memory.

I would suggest:

1. Reload your nVidia drivers (turning off all anti-virus applications)

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Driver Installation Hints


"Download Accelerator" utilities should be disabled when downloading any drivers.


Do not run virus protection software in the background while installing the drivers. This prevents the driver from configuring itself properly.


Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA display drivers from the Windows Control Panel. Browse to the Start Menu > Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and search for "NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers" or "NVIDIA Display Drivers" and select remove.

2. Run off line with no anti virus running and see if the problem persists.

3. Try another Graphics Card.

Originally Posted by jephree

That error is often associated with Graphics Cards but the Fault was on AVG.

It is curious how security software is triggering most of these dumps and yet they reflect hardware problems in memory.

I would suggest:

1. Reload your nVidia drivers (turning off all anti-virus applications)

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp





2. Run off line with no anti virus running and see if the problem persists.

3. Try another Graphics Card.

Hi Jephree
1. dowloaded new nvida drivers.
2. reloaded with AVG antivirus off.
3. while offline will run with no AV and see what will develop.
3. Do not have spare graphic card. But have been thinking of updating current one. What is your recomenddation for AGP card in 100.00 to 200.00 range since anything over that price will be an ovekill. Current is Nvida mx440 with 64m.
4. so far have been going since 7:00 PM and now it is 10:45 PM with no freezes or dumps.
Thanks Walter

Originally Posted by jephree

That error is often associated with Graphics Cards but the Fault was on AVG.

It is curious how security software is triggering most of these dumps and yet they reflect hardware problems in memory.

I would suggest:

1. Reload your nVidia drivers (turning off all anti-virus applications)

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp





2. Run off line with no anti virus running and see if the problem persists.

3. Try another Graphics Card.

Hi Jephree
JUst recovered from BSD. This is reply that MS send back
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Error caused by a device driver

Thank you for sending an error report to Microsoft.

Error report summary

Error type : Windows stop error (A message appears on a blue screen with error code information)
Solution available? : No (see Next steps)
What does this error mean? : Windows has encountered an error from which it cannot recover and needs to restart
Cause : Unknown device driver
Computer symptoms : A message appears on a blue screen with error code information (for example: e.g. 0x0000001E, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)
Additional steps for you to take : Important: Please continue to send error reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the problem as quickly as possible

I am attaching dump. When this happen I was on the web. AVG was enabled. I am going to uninstal AVG and reinstall it back again just in case it is corrupted in some way and clobers video card driver or any other thing. Thanks Walter

BugCheck 1000008E, {c0000005, 804e7001, b82f20ab, 0}

Probably caused by : avg7rsxp.sys ( avg7rsxp+181b )

I suppose a good thing is that all theses dumps are so similar as to suggest one definite problem.

AVG appears to be the current trigger.

Originally Posted by jephree

BugCheck 1000008E, {c0000005, 804e7001, b82f20ab, 0}

Probably caused by : avg7rsxp.sys ( avg7rsxp+181b )

I suppose a good thing is that all theses dumps are so similar as to suggest one definite problem.

AVG appears to be the current trigger.

Hi Jephree
At 6:05 PM had another dump( actually 2 dumps). 1 dump "regular 64K in windows\minidumps and second in windows that one is 132meg. Second one is to big to even generate proper log. I am attaching both dumps.
If AVG is culprit what AV can you recomend. Thanks for your help and patience. Walter