In december I finally saved up enough money to buy a new computer, one that I was going to build myself and something i’ve done before.
Everything seemed to be fine however it seems I am plaqued by Blue Screens of Death when playing Games such as Sims 2 and Quake 4, I’ve also had crashes in World of Warcraft.
The Errors range from
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
BAD_POOL_CALLER
Somes times it does not give a specific error but just a blue screen with an error code that doesn’t really help.
I tested just about everything I can think of and i simply can’t find the cause.
I work in support myself so I’ve tried alot of things already, any further suggestions would be helpful.
Windows XP Pro (SP2)
AMD 64 3500+
HIS 512mb x1800xt PCI-E
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Ballistix Dual Channel
Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W PSU
Creative X-FI Sound Card
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
Antec P180 Case
ASUS A8N-MVP
1) Tested my Ram for many hours using Prime95 and Microsofts memory test, no errors.
2) Heat seems fine, case temp is around 32c my CPU is averages around 39-44C.
3) Uninstalled and re-installed drivers, even used a driver cleaner for my ATI drivers.
4) Updated to the BIOS to the latest version available along with all the drivers i’ve found on ASUS site.
5) Scanned for viruses, trojans etc.. nothing found
I am currently using Microsoft Debug tools to see what the crash dump file contains but I am new to the program and don’t fully understand it.
Can you help
