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PC Crashing and Freezing with Occasional BSOD Stop Messages--not Memory or Harddrive




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Old 11th Jun 2009, 21:50
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My PC, which was built for me by a friend of a friend (someone I don't feel comfortable asking for tech help right now), is crashing, freezing, and giving me stop errors. The symptoms are entirely inconsistent so I can't narrow down the problem too much.

I ran Memtest86 and some hard drive tests, and the results for both were fine. I know these tests aren't always 100% accurate. Last time this happened, after a long debacle with the guys at the repair shop, they replaced my memory and I went on my way. This fixed the problem for about 6 months.

Oh, and I don't have a Windows XP disk to use to reinstall Windows, if it comes to that. I could hunt around for one, if you guys think that's probably the problem.

More details needed? Any ideas from this (very limited) info? Any help greatly appreciated.

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Old 12th Jun 2009, 01:57
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Could be something to do with your RAM not getting enough volts.
What RAM is it and what volts do you have it set at?
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Old 12th Jun 2009, 07:53
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Thanks for getting back to me.
I'll look into that--not sure off the top of my head.
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