Many crashes

[xile]

Hi there

I have a problem with my computer crashing. Today has been a bad day with four so far.

I have done a clean insatll of Windows RC on a Dell Dimension 4600. It is an Intel Pentium 4 with a 3.0GHz. It has 3.5 GB of ram with ATI Readon HD 2400 Pro.

The system seems to crash when the computer has been running for a while making me think it could be a heat/memory problem but then when another computer starts up from sleep mode and acesses the router it also crashes which makes me think it could be a software problem.

I have attached todays dump files and would be greatful for any advice.

Thanks in advance.

 

[torrentg]

You're running 7100 which is fairly pointless to debug since it will expire very soon anyhow.

Upgrade to the RTM 7600.

In your current OS, these should be updated to fix the issue:

PfModNT PfModNT.sys Tue Mar 04 23:19:28 2003
e100b325 e100b325.sys Fri Nov 16 13:53:32 2007

And update to latest video card driver by following this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/35299-install-agp-drivers-hd-3850-3650-2400-pro.html

 

[reghakr]

What is the make and model pg your sound card.

Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and check and see if there are any entries with a yellow flag next to them

 

[reghakr]

GuaranT is right,, it is the video card

Try this link for updated drivers:

Global Provider of Innovative Graphics, Processors and Media Solutions | AMD

 

[torrentg]

GuaranT is right,, it is the video card

Try this link for updated drivers:

Global Provider of Innovative Graphics, Processors and Media Solutions | AMD

I gave him the best link for video card driver. It is not the cause, however.

The two files I listed are.

 

[reghakr]

the prtcls.sys referenced a sound card,. but I never noticed the first driver in the list was atikmgag.sys

 

[torrentg]

The files I told him to update include the sound card driver. He is all set from my first post. Nothing else needed.

 

[reghakr]

I see it now, thanks for the clarification

 

[xile]

Thanks GuaranT

I will be upgrading to RTM 7600 soon but in the mean time I have to use what I have.

The update to the latest video card driver worked fine and even increased the Windows Experience Index slightly.

When trying to update the other two files however they appear to be the latest versions - Intel says Win 7 has the lates driver for the NIC card and installing the lasted driver from Creative for the sound card actually made the driver older.

Any thoughts on how I can update them as suggested earlier?

Thanks.

 

[torrentg]

You can PM Stormy13 about the Creative driver because I noticed he knows about them very well. Or Google for Daniel K. driver.

As for the lan driver, find out which chipset your motherboard is using and use that info to find the latest driver.

 

[xile]

Okay so I was able to update the two files as per Torrentg's suggestion and all seemed fine.

Then when my brother booted up his laptop from sleep (also running Win 7 using a wireless network) my computer just froze. Rebooted and a short time later same. On both occassion no dump file was gernerated.

Then it froze again and on reboot a dump file was generated and is attached.

More help!

Thanks

 

[torrentg]

Unfortunately, this driver is still the same on the system:

e100b325.sys Fri Nov 16 13:53:32 2007


The sound driver:

PfModNT PfModNT.sys Wed Dec 22 06:58:12 2004

Seems a year newer, but my guess is there's something much more current.

For now, look into updating the top one. Visit Intel's site to update, or Broadcom.