Randomly crashing Windows 7

TheMacca,
Please visit following site and fetch latest driver for your graphics card:
AMD Graphics Drivers & Software

TheMacca said:

Okay, I changed the settings to comply with the above instructions.

Thanks,
M

the NEXT time you have a crash, the post a new "jcgriff" file for us.

Thanks, karl

TheMacca,
Will take a look at dmp file in just a few minutes.

However, you might be able to learn a little about what is occurring if the next time your computer hangs then:
WIN | type RESMON | ENTER | CPU tab

Your lookiing for a red-colored entry. Right-click on it an see what you can learn. You may need to tunnel further to get to the root of the problem.


Oh yes,
WIN is the key with the wavy Microsoft flag on top.

TheMacca,
There is no .dmp file in your latest upload.

Read back thru those instructions re requirements for a dmp file.

Read thru carfully because you should have a dmp file. Did you maybe change the default location/default name for the dmp file?

Clear out your event logs using the batch file that I'm including.

This is to make it easier for you the separate the wheat from the chaff when you look at your event logs.

When the next system hang occurs, use RESMON.EXE to see what is hung.

Afterwards look for critical errors in the event viewer (EVENTVWR.MSC)

CLEAR EVENT LOGS USING A BATCH FILE


To delete those event logs, you can:
Ø Copy and Paste following into Notepad.
Ø Save as ClrEventLogs.BAT (or another name but extension must be BAT)
Ø Navigate to ClrEventLogs.BAT using Windows Explorer
Ø Right-click on ClrEventLogs.BAT
Ø Click on Run as Administrator


@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %%V IN ('bcdedit') DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :do_clear "%%G")
echo.
echo goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
Exit

is the \windows\minidump directory presently empty?