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anyway it might not be the power after all ; this morning when i turned it on, i had a "serious error" in the nanosecond after it started the boot cycle (the monitor splash screen had just appeared, which is i believe the very first thing to come on the screen during the boot process) : Code:
Type de l'événement*: Erreur Source de l'événement*: System Error Catégorie de l'événement*: (102) ID de l'événement*: 1003 Description*: Code erreur 1000008e, paramètre 1 c0000005, paramètre 2 bf951755, paramètre 3 a7a3dc00, paramètre 4 00000000. Pour plus d'informations, consultez le centre Aide et support à l'adresse http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Données*: 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E 0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er 0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code 0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008 0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param 0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0 0030: 30 30 30 30 30 35 2c 20 000005, 0038: 62 66 39 35 31 37 35 35 bf951755 0040: 2c 20 61 37 61 33 64 63 , a7a3dc 0048: 30 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 00, 0000 0050: 30 30 30 30 0000 *sigh* more testing... |
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05-28-2009, 06:04 PM | #92 |
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Just a thought but I think you said you thought you were on SP2 maybe SP3. It may be worth just trying to re-install whatever service pack you are on. I know it sometimes sorts out OS issues and is quicker than an OS reinstall.
That's the other thing I think you should consider. I know that my work PCs don't last longer than 6 to 9 months between OS re-installs on both desktops (they are dev machines) and servers. Some people are going to be shocked at that but we do do some nasty things to them. |
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05-28-2009, 06:05 PM | #93 |
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hm, i don't know if i can do that... i'm pretty sure the sp is already *in* the installation, if you know what i mean.
(plus i hate reinstalling my system. disk images are my new best friends. i hope never to do a complete install ever again in my entire life.) |
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05-28-2009, 06:13 PM | #95 |
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Did you say what your video card is, and if it's the same make (and maybe even model) as in your previous PC?
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05-28-2009, 11:21 PM | #96 |
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Zelda,
I had the EXACT same problem about 3 years ago on a new HP. Spent countless hours with HP Support. They tried hard. But to no avail. They took it back and worked on it several times. They thought it was Ram. Replaced power supply. No improvement. Then, I decided to upgrade to a MUCH larger power supply. The reason they had not put a larger one in was the case would not hold a power supply any larger than the 300w they had installed (Mini Tower case was too small). So. I bought a 650w power supply and installed it on the OUTSIDE of the case. I used a nice black gaffers tape. I NEVER had the shut down, reboot problem again. And it didnt look bad. lol. Just a thought. |
05-30-2009, 11:47 PM | #97 |
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What is the wattage of your power supply? It sounds like you are running a pretty high powered PC. I've had similar problems when using cheap power supplies. Anything less than 500W is probably not good enough. Do you have one of those CPUs that requires an extra 4-pin power connector? Do you have a powerful video card that requires its own connection to the power supply?
Also, if the power supply is low quality it can cause fluctuations in the power going into your mainboard (which would probably be even worse since you indicated your house has old wiring). A not so easy way to test it would be to plug it in at someone else's house, but that's an extremely inconvenient way to test it. Maybe you could make an effort to turn off all unneeded electrical devices (and unplug them) and see if the computer still crashes with minimal load on your electrical supply. Although it seems almost certain to be a hardware/power issue, have you considered installing another OS (on a separate partition) to rule out software as the issue? It's time consuming, but might be worth a try. If it has the same problem on day 1 you can end the experiment right there. Windows 7 is available free at the moment (it will deactivate some time next year, so it's not totally free). Being based on Windows Vista it is inherently more stable than XP and will probably not suffer from driver problems. You could try running with only 1 stick of RAM and see if that eliminates the problem. And switch the stick around if it still crashes. If all three (four?) sticks fail by themselves then you can almost rule out RAM as the problem since it is highly unlikely that all your RAM sticks will be faulty. But maybe the RAM socket is. |
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my motherboard is a Gigabyte EP45-DS3R FSB1600 Energy Save S775. Proc : Intel E7300 Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz Box. 3 Go of G.Skill DDR2 800 PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-12 it might be the power supply, although if it is i'll be really annoyed because i had trouble with that on my last build and specifically asked for a good power supply for this one. but if it is, could that cause problems during the boot sequence ? i wouldn't think there was much of a drain the second it starts up (before it even gets into windows). if it is, i could get a stronger one, how hard is that to install myself ? i've installed things like internal hard drives or dvd players, but never anything like a motherboard or processor... is it just a question of a few screws / cables, or is it more complicated ? Quote:
i'm going to try to do some more hardware testing and see if i find anything. thank you, everybody for all the good information and help. |
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