Re: Blue Screen telling me to contact Bill Gates???
From: DL (dl_at_spoofmail.co)
Date: 08/20/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:37:41 +0100
With a msg like that, it looks like a virus/trojan
"Monet 138" <Monet138@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19C8D951-3F9C-4C0E-92E5-69D323D25DFB@microsoft.com...
> My computer will lock-up at completely random times. When the lock-up
occurs
> the screen will go blank or do some black&white checkerboard-mess, and if
> there is music playing or game sounds at the moment of crash the speakers
> will output a machine-gun-like noise. Occasionally, but not very often I
> will actually get a Blue Screen stop error. These are the ones I have
> recorded 50, D1, 24, 12, 7F (insert into 0x000000??), as the different
errors
> with 7F showing up the most. The crashes have been occurring since I
built
> this system (in March), but the Blue Screens only began showing up when I
got
> Kingston to send me replacements Ram chips.
>
> The Blue Screen looks typical except for the last line which I have never
> seen before, and the local computer shop tells me they have never heard of
it
> before either.
>
> Beginning Dump of Physical memory
> Physical memory dump complete.
> Contact your system administration or technical support group or Bill
> Gates for further assistance.
>
> I have run the following programs in an attempt to locate a virus or other
> bad program. Ad-Aware 6 Pro, Norton Antivirus (the pre-install scan),
Trend
> Micro House Call, and Trend Micro Internet Security 11 (which was
installed
> shortly after my last clean install of XP).
>
> The Computer
> Motherboard - Soyo SY-KT600 DRAGON Ultra Platinum
> CPU - AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 400FSB
> Ram - 3 x Kingston 512MB (KVR400X64C25/512)
> Video Card - Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
> HD - Seagate 120GB SATA
> Generic CDRW and Floppy
> Case - Xoxide X-Dreamer II with 5 fans
> PSU - Antec NeoPower 480Watt
>
> I had the system tested at a local shop back in April, and was told the
> motherboard was the problem because the system would run stable if all of
my
> components were installed on a different board. Sent the board back to
Soyo
> ($56 shipping) and was told by them (after losing my motherboard for 5
days,
> and then another 5 days of testing and phone calls) that there was nothing
> wrong with it, and they sent it back. After that I talked to Kingston and
> they agreed to replace all 3 of my Ram. I currently am only using 2 of
the
> chips because the system seems more unstable when the third is installed.
I
> have the most recent drivers installed for all of my components except for
> the motherboard. The motherboard drivers are up to date except for the
BIOS.
> When I flash the BIOS with the most recent version, the system becomes
> extremely unstable. The current BIOS is one step back from the most
recent.
> Also, if I go into the BIOS and load the Fail-Safe settings, the system
will
> not boot past POST for more than about 10 seconds, in which time I have to
> race the clock to load the BIOS load the Optimized Defaults, and Save and
> Exit or else reset the BIOS via jumper and attempt to beat the clock
again.
>
> I would greatly appreciate....oh let's be honest...after this much
headache
> and frustration I would almost worship anyone that could help me fix my
> system. :)
>
> My next step is to buy a new motherboard and cpu and try again... :( I
may
> purchase the same ones as current to test for bad components or maybe go
with
> something different that will allow me to use the Ram that I currently
have.
>
> Thank you very much to everyone that responds.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --
> "Imagination is more important than Knowledge. Knowledge is limited,
> Imagination encircles the world." ~Albert Einstein
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