Re: Random crashes - please help?

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Frank


<thx1138xxix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I was hoping someone in here could help me with a problem I've been
having with my computer crashing.

I'm not exactly sure when this all started, but it was well over a
year ago (my computer is about 4 years old). About every 30 days or so
my computer would just restart. I didn't think much of it since it
only happened about once a month. But then it started happening more
often. So I turned off the auto-restarts and started looking at the
BSOD's and sending error reports to Microsoft.

The BSOD's weren't always the same.. I'd get anything from
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PAGEFAULT_IN_A_NON_PAGED_AREA, or
something else. And it's VERY random! Sometime I'll get a BSOD after 2
days.. sometimes in a week.. the longest I've gone without a blue
screen is 42 days.

A couple times the error report said that it was my anti-virus program
causing the problem. The computer came with Norton AV 2000 installed.
But when the subscription ran out.. I uninstalled Norton and installed
Avast. Microsoft advised that I check services to see if I don't have
two AV programs running at the same time. I have AVG Anti Spyware and
Spybot S&D installed which are compatible with Avast. So that can't be
the problem. I've also been told it might be a memory problem.. or a
driver problem.

The last BSOD said that the crash was caused by a device driver.. but
how can I find out ~which~ driver? I looked at the event viewer and
this is what was in it..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 4/12/2008
Time: 1:33:01 PM
User: N/A
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 00000004, parameter2 0000001c,
parameter3 00000001, parameter4 804e1476.


I've been researching this problem online for so long.. but can't seem
to narrow down what the problem could be. Could anyone please help?
I'm at wits end.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!

Some info on my system:

It's a Pentium IV 2.80Ghz
504 MB of Ram and a 160 GB hard drive
Running Windows XP Home Edition (v.2002) Service Pack 2


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