Re: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION errors

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To my knowledge, the single source with the most information on the STOP error is here:
http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x9c

Excerpt:
"Most commonly it results from overheating, from failed hardware (RAM, CPU, hardware bus, power supply, etc.), or from pushing hardware beyond its capabilities (e.g., overclocking a CPU)."

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Leonard Grey
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lantierl wrote:
I am unable to determine the root cause of my system crashes that show the following on the blue screen crash page summary:
MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
STOP: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x8054D570, 0xB2000010, 0x00010C0F) I built this machine from scratch about a year ago, and have experienced infrequent, untimely crashes such as this with varying degrees of frequency. When it first occurred, I ran MEMTEST386 and found bad memory, which Kingston replaced free of charge. Even with the new memory, the crashes have continued.
I have run MEMTEST386 and other memory checks and see no issues with the new memory. I am running Windows XP Home on an AMD ATHLON 64 CPU on an ABIT UL8 motherboard with a 420W power supply and 1GB of RAM (two 512 MB dual channel DDR Kingston KVR400AK2/1GR). I have run a multitude of system checks including Norton Systemworks, MacAfee scan, Kaspersky scan, Trendmicro scan, Adware SE scan, Ewidoscan, and Spybot scan.
How do I determine what the problem is to decided what to do to make this frsutrating error STOP? I don't know what else to check and need help resolving the issue. Microsoft's web pagefor this kind of stop is:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329284
But... the cause refers to Pentium, not AMD (and I have an AMD processor, not a Pentium).
System information is as follows:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name TEAM-H_AND_L System Manufacturer AWARD_ System Model AWRDACPI System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2249 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 3/10/2006 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory F:\WINDOWS System Directory F:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name TEAM-H_AND_L\Lance
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 657.45 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.41 GB
Page File F:\pagefile.sys
Help????
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