Hi folks.
I recently been having some trouble with random resets while pc is under any kind of load. (Playing a game).
Untill October this year PC was rock stable i then upgraded my video card to a PNY Geforce 6200. Things were fine for a while an then i added a gig of RAM in anticipation of the new NWN2 release. It wouldnt run it well it would but my vid card been unsuported caused awful dicolouration of sky boxes an after a short while would CDT.
Chirstmas this year my sister very kindly purchased an MSI NX7600GS AGP video card which installed no problem though any crashes id hoped to kill off persisted if not got worse.
Great video card actually for the short time ive had it running which is ment to be its last upgrade untill i can afford new system in the summer of 2007.

Video card started over heating an temp rose as high as 112 deg C. After little less than 10 mins so i stripped clean the drivers an replaced it with my GF 6200 untill the holiday period was over. Took PC into local shop an he replaced my cpu heatsink an fan an also placed a video card cooler an an adjacent pci slot this totally fixed any tempreture problems an either card now never gets above 35-40c.

I thought id managed too fix my problems but crashes persisted an i was getting frustrated thinking it was a bad windows install so i formatted on Friday.

Ive tried both memory sticks as single units an both together with same results even old stuff like Baldurs gate 2 an ice wind dale crash after a short time often resetting my pc.
MSI recomend a bios update after installing the drivers but possibly against my better judgment i refused too do so. Nvidia control panel is now stating i have a PCI video card . I tried setting up the bios with the most logical settings one thing i did notice in my bios after i installed the 7600 was i couldnt open the apeture to 512mb it just reset back too default 64 mb so best thing was 256.

Now after all the messing about i still get resets which ever video card i use an windows keeps recognising the video card as PCI rather than AGP.

What could be the most likley cause for the resets RAM, CPU motherboard or powersupply.


System specs below.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model KT400A-8235
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~2075 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 07/10/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V\Craig Davies
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB tried 1 Gig an 1.5
Available Physical Memory 253.79 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.97 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

PS this pc seems to hate IE7 an xp service pack 2 is upto date. Seems ok while on the net though im posting this as an Obiturary for a well loved tried an tested now dead (caresses 25lb sledge hammer in one hand an grins like a psycho) PC.

Appolagies in advance for the ramblings *bites off kittens head an spits blood at old grany as she walks her dog*


PPS i never tried intentionaly at least too over clock my PC i believe is stabilaty over blistering FPS

Windows error reporting fires up and blue screen of death .

Currently only got 3 games on pc right now to try figure out the problem which should have no bother running.

Icewind Dale Blue screen of death
Baldurs Gate 2 Blue screen of death
First eagles gets a windows error report and ocasional blue screen of death


Seems great untill i fire up anything with any graphics of the gaming sort, Ive had an idea though maybe my PC telling me to get a new job an stop been a lazy games ***. Nah that cant be it

Video card drivers are 93.71 and direct X should be pretty recent no older than the latest November release (Installed from FE CD).

Thanks for the welcome btw

Hey pipp,

- Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer and click on the System section.
- Look for event 1001, which should have the following information:

Event ID: 1001
Source: Save Dump
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.The bugcheck was ?
...A dump was saved in:.......Note where this is saved to

- Come back here, and click on Go Advanced
- Click on the attach icon (paperclip) and attach some of your dump files back here.

A few of these would be great.

Found one woohoo i feel like genius already.


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 14/01/2007
Time: 13:55:26
User: N/A
Computer: MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xf7982677). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011407-02.dmp.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at Events And Errors Message Center: Basic Search.


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 15/01/2007
Time: 05:11:54
User: N/A
Computer: MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0xff29a000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xf7d7967f). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011507-02.dmp.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at Events And Errors Message Center: Basic Search.


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 15/01/2007
Time: 05:26:37
User: N/A
Computer: MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000041, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xff2ae1d4). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011507-03.dmp.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at Events And Errors Message Center: Basic Search.

seems i can replicate the error at will just by firing up icewind dale.
Latest 1001 below.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 15/01/2007
Time: 10:59:00
User: N/A
Computer: MY-KKC8YTJ8SE7V
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000041, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xff26b2a0). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011507-06.dmp.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at Events And Errors Message Center: Basic Search.

Sorry advanced where?