Hello
I'm new here and could use some help if possible.
About a month ago my system crashed so I had to go have XP pro reinstalled since I do not have an installation disk. I play online games and I didnt have but 1 gig of ram in my system and kept getting out of mem errors and crashes. After I got my comp back from repair I reinstalled my game and still had the same problems. I figured maybe I need to check and see if my video card drivers were up to date and see if maybe that would help. I went to the manufacturers website and d/l'ed what i thought was the right one. (a very large file at that) After installing the drivers the screen went nuts and the comp crashed. Luckily I was able to roll back the video card driver and all seemed to be normal again with the exception of a few lag issues and hangups while playing my game,but not sure if the file changed any other drivers.
Finally I decided to purchase (2) 1 gig memory sticks to upgrade my existing (2) 512 sticks. I installed them yesterday and played the game for a bit but I was still freezing up and would have to wait about 5-10 mins and it would go back to normal again.
Today I tried to play and after about and hour I suddenly got the BSOD that prompted me to restart. I restarted with no problems but havent tried to get into the game again yet. This is prob the 3rd time I've gotten this message since I had my computer wiped and reinstalled, and its always when I'm playing a game. The new memory sticks seem to be registering like they are supposed to and I havent gotten and out of mem error as of yet.
The stop error was 0x0000008E (0xC0000005,0x8118BE22,0xB2793984,0x00000000) but nothing after that code to indicate where the problem lies.
I googled the numbers to see what it means and I see everything from Faulty hardware to rootkits but nothing definitive. So far no viruses have shown in my scans.
I honestly have no idea what is causing it or if its something I did while trying to update my drivers.
I just upgraded the RAM and I cant afford to take it back to the shop for another repair right now.
Here are my system specs
AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.81 GHz
XP Pro SP-3
100MB HD
nVIDEA GeForce 6100
(2) Geil 1 gig PC 3200 DDR 400
If you need any other info let me know. Any help is appreciated
I'm new here and could use some help if possible.
About a month ago my system crashed so I had to go have XP pro reinstalled since I do not have an installation disk. I play online games and I didnt have but 1 gig of ram in my system and kept getting out of mem errors and crashes. After I got my comp back from repair I reinstalled my game and still had the same problems. I figured maybe I need to check and see if my video card drivers were up to date and see if maybe that would help. I went to the manufacturers website and d/l'ed what i thought was the right one. (a very large file at that) After installing the drivers the screen went nuts and the comp crashed. Luckily I was able to roll back the video card driver and all seemed to be normal again with the exception of a few lag issues and hangups while playing my game,but not sure if the file changed any other drivers.
Finally I decided to purchase (2) 1 gig memory sticks to upgrade my existing (2) 512 sticks. I installed them yesterday and played the game for a bit but I was still freezing up and would have to wait about 5-10 mins and it would go back to normal again.
Today I tried to play and after about and hour I suddenly got the BSOD that prompted me to restart. I restarted with no problems but havent tried to get into the game again yet. This is prob the 3rd time I've gotten this message since I had my computer wiped and reinstalled, and its always when I'm playing a game. The new memory sticks seem to be registering like they are supposed to and I havent gotten and out of mem error as of yet.
The stop error was 0x0000008E (0xC0000005,0x8118BE22,0xB2793984,0x00000000) but nothing after that code to indicate where the problem lies.
I googled the numbers to see what it means and I see everything from Faulty hardware to rootkits but nothing definitive. So far no viruses have shown in my scans.
I honestly have no idea what is causing it or if its something I did while trying to update my drivers.
I just upgraded the RAM and I cant afford to take it back to the shop for another repair right now.
Here are my system specs
AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.81 GHz
XP Pro SP-3
100MB HD
nVIDEA GeForce 6100
(2) Geil 1 gig PC 3200 DDR 400
If you need any other info let me know. Any help is appreciated
