pc problem please help..

[techstudent]

2 weeks ago i was having a problem with random reboots while playing games, crashes, and while booting sometimes the hard drive was not recognized.

i replaced the power supply and hard drive and all was well
yesterday i added the old hard drive and the problems are back..i removed the hdd and the problem stayed.
here is the error message after the reboot and i was told windows recovered from a serious error:


:\DOCUME~1\Mayhem\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6082.dir00\Mini102104-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\Mayhem\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6082.dir00\sysdata.xml


the supposed fix:http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=271

and the nvidia sight mainly says that when an error occurs that the other hardware is the main culprit and that the pc will try and blame the graphics card because it was an graphical error..

any ideas?

 

[jcline]

You have the latest drivers for your card?

What kind of vid card do you have?

 

[beedubaya]

I had that hapen a lot with my GeForce 4 MX graphics card in my old PC. A little switching out drivers helped minimize the problem.

 

[techstudent]

yes i have a geforce fx5200 with the latest drivers on nvidia's site,and directx 9c.

the problem vanished when i changed hdd and psu.
when i added old hdd as a slave though..welcome back problems.
the old drive is out again but the problem remains..
i guess that could just be a coincidence but the timing is odd.

 

[techstudent]

any ideas?

 

[Apokalipse]

you could have a virus on the old hard drive, try an antivirus scan