Why is my Windows XP Pro crashing?
Ok. My computer, started crashing randomly about 2 weeks ago.(while i play games, or sometimes when i use Internet Explorer or AIM--even with nothing else running) When i'm doing basic things (using microsoft word, checking e-mail, making this post), or when it's idle, it doesn't crash.
When i "give it a rest" (either shutting it down or leaving it idle), it seems to crash less when i get back.
I'm pretty sure I didn't delete or install anything out of the ordinary around the time it began...
I've done a few things to try to fix the problem (none of which worked):
Ok. My computer, started crashing randomly about 2 weeks ago.(while i play games, or sometimes when i use Internet Explorer or AIM--even with nothing else running) When i'm doing basic things (using microsoft word, checking e-mail, making this post), or when it's idle, it doesn't crash.
When i "give it a rest" (either shutting it down or leaving it idle), it seems to crash less when i get back.
I'm pretty sure I didn't delete or install anything out of the ordinary around the time it began...
I've done a few things to try to fix the problem (none of which worked):
System checkups and fixes/virus scans; all results said that my computer is fine
Defragmented
Replaced my 2 old RAM sticks--a 128 and 256--with two 256 sticks. (upping it from 384 to 512)
I installed a RAM scrubber and have it scrubbing just about every minute. (This pretty much tells me its not the RAM, cause the scrubber allows me to see that i have a lot of free RAM at the time of the crashes)
I installed the latest drivers available for my card (Geforce4 MX 420)