I've never seen the blue screen, it must flash instantly (I did disable autorestart, no effect), but Microsoft did tell me the cause of the crash...
The exact Microsoft Knowledge Base Article can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329284
Any ideas? I've been monitoring my CPU, temp runs around 50 C, 32 C if I'm running CoolerXP (MSI). All current drivers and such. My hardware seems to run fine most of the time, just restarts playing games, or lots of multitasking.
I'm wondering if it's the power supply. I did a power supply estimator and it came pretty close to 300 watts. I just don't want to blow $$ on something that doesn't solve my problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot in advance. Appreciate any help or ideas. If it is a power supply issue..please provide a good suggestions which to buy cheap.
Here are my specs:
Windows XP Prof.
MSI 8366-8233
AMD Athlon XP 1.7 Ghz
512 MB Ram
80 GB Harddrive
LITE-ON DVD-RW+/-
Norcent CD-RW
NVIDIA GeForce 420 MX 64 MB
AUDIO: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Intel Modem 536EP
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
2 USB Hubs (1 motherboard, 1 PCI)
Your computer may generate the following Stop error message on a blue screen:
STOP: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x00000000, 0xb2000000, 0x00020151)
"MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION"
The exact Microsoft Knowledge Base Article can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329284
Any ideas? I've been monitoring my CPU, temp runs around 50 C, 32 C if I'm running CoolerXP (MSI). All current drivers and such. My hardware seems to run fine most of the time, just restarts playing games, or lots of multitasking.
I'm wondering if it's the power supply. I did a power supply estimator and it came pretty close to 300 watts. I just don't want to blow $$ on something that doesn't solve my problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot in advance. Appreciate any help or ideas. If it is a power supply issue..please provide a good suggestions which to buy cheap.
Here are my specs:
Windows XP Prof.
MSI 8366-8233
AMD Athlon XP 1.7 Ghz
512 MB Ram
80 GB Harddrive
LITE-ON DVD-RW+/-
Norcent CD-RW
NVIDIA GeForce 420 MX 64 MB
AUDIO: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Intel Modem 536EP
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
2 USB Hubs (1 motherboard, 1 PCI)