What does "memory dump" mean and why am I gettting them during videos?

[irishmike]

What does "memory dump" mean and why am I gettting them during videos?

So my Dell studio only has an Express 45 chip for graphics and already causing some stuttering graphics on occasion


Well 3 times today, twice during streaming ISO movie to TV and once during simple DVD playback, screen goes black, blue screen pops up quick and says something about "memory dump"




How can I fix this?


TY!

 

[wither 2]

Hi irishmike-

Sounds like you're getting a BSOD. It could be that the MOBO\Chipset is overheating. Check to see that all vents are clean. Don't think you can get to the fans to clean them.

You can download bluescreenview from here and run it. Then post the part where the problem is highlighted, as shown at the website.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi irishmike.

Can you post the file please! The link for BSOD - Posting Instructions is here => Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions.

I hope this helps!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi irishmike and wither 2,

Update System Specifications

Please update your system specifications in your UserCP > Edit System Spec setup. It will help us to help you!

This tutorial [Published by Brink and written by CyberZeus] makes doing this very easy => System Info - See Your System Specs.

Thanks.

 

[axe0]

Hi Irishmike,

"memory dump" means that Windows 'dumps' the memory stored in the RAM and saves it as a '.dmp' file. This only occurs when Windows has shut down the system if it caught an error it couldn't recover from.

As Paul posted, please follow the posting instructions so we can have a look at some logs and find the cause.