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Blue screen playing games
am having a problem and I am hoping for some advice. My computer runs
fine except when I try to play games and after about 10min of game playing I get the blue screen of death. It says about disabling system bios and caching which are already disabled, any way the last thing it says is : Technical information: STOP: 0x0000007F (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I'm starting to think that my video card may be stuffed, cause I have tried reloading drivers, directx and the problem still persists, so if anyone has any ideas what may be wrong I am open to suggestions. My specs: Amd Athlon Xp 3000+ 1 GiG DDR 400 Ram Geforce Ti4200 2 X WD 80G Harddrives 7VT600 Gigabyte mainboard Windows Xp Professional. |
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"Where's Wally" wheres_wally99[NO wrote in message ... The Stop 7F errors seem to be caused by RAM or hardware failures. Here's an article on Microsoft's Knowledge Base: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137539 Might try pulling out some of your RAM. I wonder if the error applies to video card RAM as well? Dunno... Prizm |
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:54:12 +0800, "Prizm" wrote:
"Where's Wally" wheres_wally99[NO wrote in message ... The Stop 7F errors seem to be caused by RAM or hardware failures. Here's an article on Microsoft's Knowledge Base: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137539 Might try pulling out some of your RAM. I wonder if the error applies to video card RAM as well? Dunno... Prizm Might be memory, but then again the error is generic enough that it could easily be something besides the memory itself, though it wouldn't be the video card memory producing this. Also we have to consider Microsoft's take on this.... of course it COULDN'T be an operating system bug, or so they'd like us to believe.... nobody's ever heard of bugs in windows! |
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 13:04:09 GMT, "Where's Wally" wheres_wally99[NO
wrote: am having a problem and I am hoping for some advice. My computer runs fine except when I try to play games and after about 10min of game playing I get the blue screen of death. It says about disabling system bios and caching which are already disabled, any way the last thing it says is : Technical information: STOP: 0x0000007F (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I'm starting to think that my video card may be stuffed, cause I have tried reloading drivers, directx and the problem still persists, so if anyone has any ideas what may be wrong I am open to suggestions. My specs: Amd Athlon Xp 3000+ 1 GiG DDR 400 Ram Geforce Ti4200 2 X WD 80G Harddrives 7VT600 Gigabyte mainboard Windows Xp Professional. Monitor the CPU temps, try running with case cover off if you suspect overheating. Check fans for proper operation. When you reloaded the drivers, does that simply mean retrying same driver version(s)? If so then try a (vastly) different version... for example if it's a 40-series driver, try 50-series, or vice-versa. Check power supply voltages too, particularly the 3V & 5V readings. That type of error USUALLY isn't because of a failing video card, it would instead show visual anomalies, crashes without a kernel error, or just no video anymore. The easiest way to troubleshoot might be by starting out with it underclocked... go into bios or motherboard jumpers/switches and reduce the FSB & memory to 100MHz synchronous. If you didn't already have the memory running synchronous to the FSB (same speed) I'd suggest trying that too. With the underclocked settings put the system though the same situations and see if it's stable. If it is that should rule out operating system, driver, and game problems and narrow it down to hardware, overheating or electrical problems. If it isn't stable underclocked then a more careful look at the game might help and also testing the memory (http://www.memtest86.com) for several hours. |
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Here's a relevant quote from the docs"
============================ This error message can occur if either of the following conditions exists: a.. Your computer has hardware or software problems (hardware failure is the most common cause). -or- b.. You try to over clock the speed of your computer's processor (for example, you set a 150 MhZ processor to run at 187 MhZ). The above STOP error means a trap occurred in kernel mode and the trap is either one the kernel is not allowed to have or is always fatal. The most common causes of a STOP 0x7F a a.. Low-level hardware corruption, such as corrupt memory (RAM) b.. Mismatched memory modules c.. A malfunctioning motherboard To determine an approximate cause, examine the parameters at the top of the STOP screen: **STOP 0x0000007F (0x000000XX, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP The most important parameter is the first one (0x0000000X) which may have several different values. The cause of this trap can vary, depending on the value of this parameter. All traps that cause a STOP 0x7F can be found in any Intel x86 microprocessor reference manual as they are specific to the x86 platform. Here are some of the most common ones: ============================ The first parameter shows that you have a double fault. ============================ Double Fault A double fault occurs when an exception occurs while trying to call the handler for a prior exception. Normally, the two exceptions can be handled serially, however there are several exceptions that cannot be handled serially and in this situation the processor signals a double fault. The two primary causes for this are hardware and kernel stack overflows. Hardware problems are usually related to CPU, RAM, or bus. Kernel stack overflows are almost always caused by faulty kernel-mode drivers. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, use the appropriate method: a.. If either software or hardware can cause a particular trap, a debug is required to determine which is the cause. If you suspect a hardware problem, try the following hardware troubleshooting steps: 1.. Run diagnostic software and test the RAM in the computer. Replace any RAM reported as bad. Also, make sure all the RAM in the computer is the same speed. 2.. Try removing or swapping out controllers, cards, or other peripherals. 3.. Try a different motherboard on the computer. b.. If you are over clocking the speed of your processor, set it back to the speed at which it is designed to run. c.. Check with the hardware vendor for any updated hardware drivers or BIOS updates, or both. ================================ Marc Reinig System Solutions "Where's Wally" wheres_wally99[NO wrote in message ... am having a problem and I am hoping for some advice. My computer runs fine except when I try to play games and after about 10min of game playing I get the blue screen of death. It says about disabling system bios and caching which are already disabled, any way the last thing it says is : Technical information: STOP: 0x0000007F (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I'm starting to think that my video card may be stuffed, cause I have tried reloading drivers, directx and the problem still persists, so if anyone has any ideas what may be wrong I am open to suggestions. My specs: Amd Athlon Xp 3000+ 1 GiG DDR 400 Ram Geforce Ti4200 2 X WD 80G Harddrives 7VT600 Gigabyte mainboard Windows Xp Professional. |
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Where's Wally wrote:
am having a problem and I am hoping for some advice. My computer runs fine except when I try to play games and after about 10min of game playing I get the blue screen of death. It says about disabling system bios and caching which are already disabled, any way the last thing it says is : Technical information: STOP: 0x0000007F (0x00000008, 0x80042000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I'm starting to think that my video card may be stuffed, cause I have tried reloading drivers, directx and the problem still persists, so if anyone has any ideas what may be wrong I am open to suggestions. My specs: Amd Athlon Xp 3000+ 1 GiG DDR 400 Ram Geforce Ti4200 2 X WD 80G Harddrives 7VT600 Gigabyte mainboard Windows Xp Professional. Do you have the BIOS set to cache video BIOS or RAM? if so turn off those options too. -- ~misfit~ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 5/12/2003 |
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Blue screen playing games
I have the same problem with the same error message. I recently bought
and installed an MSI 975X Platinum motherboard. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT when I played games, like Doom and 1-10 minutes into the game I got the blue screen. This also happens when I play videos, DVDs' online or with a disk. Oddly it also started to happen when I used Skype during computer to computer calls. I contacted MWAVE where I purchased all the parts for the computer. They told me I should start looking at either the memory or video card. So I bought another video card, same problem. I also bought better memory and it still happens so im lost. Can it be the motherboard? So you're NOT alone, there are others having this same problem. |
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Blue screen playing games
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Blue screen playing games
"derk" wrote in message
... I have the same problem with the same error message. I recently bought and installed an MSI 975X Platinum motherboard. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT when I played games, like Doom and 1-10 minutes into the game I got the blue screen. This also happens when I play videos, DVDs' online or with a disk. Oddly it also started to happen when I used Skype during computer to computer calls. I contacted MWAVE where I purchased all the parts for the computer. They told me I should start looking at either the memory or video card. So I bought another video card, same problem. I also bought better memory and it still happens so im lost. Can it be the motherboard? So you're NOT alone, there are others having this same problem. Could be heat related. Games and video can be quite demanding on a system, so perhaps the processor or graphics chips are getting too hot. Open the case and clean the heatsinks everywhere and try the task with the side off the case - see if it helps. If its OK, then you've found your problem. |
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