Re: DSODs all over the place



"IlanS" <ilan.sh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> [Win2000, SP4]
> I have frequent BSODs/crash restarts with various texts. The last one was
> IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. System log shows nothing, and from 20 crashs or so
> only 3 minidumps result.
> There is no filename or driver name, and though I browsed through the dums
> in text mode there is no recognizable string to point me to the actual
> problem.
>
> Pls help!
>

As Galen mentioned this is a XP group. That said, your story indicates a
hardware failure or driver problem. Have you recently changed any hardware
particularly ram? Have you recently updated any drivers? A good place to
start testing is www.memtest.org Download and run memtest86+ and test the
ram.

Kerry


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