Hi all. I have a serious problem here. I bought a new computer three days ago and it's been having problems. Yes, already. I'm trying to solve the problems myself because the tech guy of the computer company where I got the computer from gave me trivial and worthless advice, blaming it on the OS, which he installed himself. He wants me to re-install the OS even though the OS CD wasn't included. The problem is, I don't want to send the computer off to servicing, which is why I need all the help I can get here to possibly fix the computer myself.
The problem is that the computer restarts and freezes on its own. Sometimes it even shuts down on its own. First of all, I know what the problem is NOT. It is not a cooling fan problem. I checked and all 3 fans work fine, though one of them expels hot air instead of cold air.
Also, I have Windows XP Pro, which the guy installed onto my computer. My harddrive is 160GB, which could be what was causing the problem. I have Pentium IV 3.2 Ghz 400 MB RAM. These are all new, by the way.
Here are the specs. Every time the computer restarts itself, an error message pops up stating that Windows has recovered from a serious problem. And the error code is something like:
BCCode : c000021a BCP1 : E3041350 BCP2 : C000001D BCP3 : 77F57D0C
BCP4 : 0366F938 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 1_0 Product : 256_1
And I checked OS Events under Events viewer to find all the times when the computer shut down or froze or restarted. Of course I'm not computer literate enough to figure out which error is relating to what, I just copied and pasted most of the system errors here:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 10/27/2004
Time: 12:25:12 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume C:.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h.......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:30:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 b1ab1006, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 f743b6c9, parameter4 00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 35 1000005
0020: 30 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 0 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 62 31 eters b1
0030: 61 62 31 30 30 36 2c 20 ab1006,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
0040: 2c 20 66 37 34 33 62 36 , f743b6
0048: 63 39 2c 20 30 30 30 30 c9, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:26:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 29 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:26:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 30 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:11:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:11:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:10:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:10:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I am installing Windows XP Service pack 1 to see if it will help. In the meantime if anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks very much.
The problem is that the computer restarts and freezes on its own. Sometimes it even shuts down on its own. First of all, I know what the problem is NOT. It is not a cooling fan problem. I checked and all 3 fans work fine, though one of them expels hot air instead of cold air.
Also, I have Windows XP Pro, which the guy installed onto my computer. My harddrive is 160GB, which could be what was causing the problem. I have Pentium IV 3.2 Ghz 400 MB RAM. These are all new, by the way.
Here are the specs. Every time the computer restarts itself, an error message pops up stating that Windows has recovered from a serious problem. And the error code is something like:
BCCode : c000021a BCP1 : E3041350 BCP2 : C000001D BCP3 : 77F57D0C
BCP4 : 0366F938 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 1_0 Product : 256_1
And I checked OS Events under Events viewer to find all the times when the computer shut down or froze or restarted. Of course I'm not computer literate enough to figure out which error is relating to what, I just copied and pasted most of the system errors here:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 10/27/2004
Time: 12:25:12 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume C:.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h.......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:30:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 b1ab1006, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 f743b6c9, parameter4 00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 35 1000005
0020: 30 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 0 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 62 31 eters b1
0030: 61 62 31 30 30 36 2c 20 ab1006,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
0040: 2c 20 66 37 34 33 62 36 , f743b6
0048: 63 39 2c 20 30 30 30 30 c9, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:26:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 29 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:26:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 30 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:11:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:11:01 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:10:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 10/25/2004
Time: 11:10:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SHADOW
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I am installing Windows XP Service pack 1 to see if it will help. In the meantime if anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks very much.
