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by victormjr

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why does my pc,either dump out,or reboot in the middle of surfing,gaming?i have sufficent ram,but sometimes when gaming i get the general fault protection error couldn't read memory.while surfing,it just reboots. i have a brand new 256 simm in my machine in the first slot.w2k os amd xp 1700+ chip FIC motherboard,40 gig hd primary and 120 gig hd slave. also explorer is giving me trouble with errors, i have all the updates and i usually send the error report to windows.whats causing this crap to happen?

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by scott.heath

More information may be necessary, but for starters it could be your RAM or the memory settings in your BIOS. New RAM doesn't always mean perfect RAM. Also verify the integrity of your Hard Drive, if the virtual memory is using a bad area it couldbe causing the problem. Also make sure you have all the latest drivers from the vendors. has anything else changed? Is you power supply certified for an AMD XP? Just some ideas....

by shocker_65

It sounds like your your connection is being interupted and or your server isn't able to handle the input-output of your system. To help with this I suggest going to www.cybermedia.com and see about getting a first aid kit with crash protector. Which will allow you to stop the crash and stay running in windows.

by victormjr

dose the OS have anything to do with it?it is a windows error that stops the applications i try to run, for exapmle gaming. seems that the memory cant be read fo some odd reason. i have ram memest and it did locate a bad memory module and it recommemned replacing memory,which was already done.

by shocker_65

sorry about that my system untill recenty has worked by thier help since 95and now is 2003 so I thought they would help you Your problem seemed simpler than mine again sorry I couldnt help

by i'm in it "heck" !!!

Don't overlook the heat issue. It could be that during gaming the heat get intense and you're seeing a heat related issue. How's your cooling fan set-up ? CPU fan ? Maybe an extra case fan ?

Just sumpin' to consider.

:-)

by www.solutions.prnewell.com

Sounds like bad RAM is a possibility - or incorrect RAM. Try running a memory test. I use the Micro-Scope professional diagnostic software but it is not cheap. However occasionally I've been somwhere without my diagnostic toolkit and have downloadedand used the free DocMemory (http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp) program. It works very well and has identified bad RAM. You can let it run continuously which might find heat-related or intermittant problems.

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