BS

dannywilco · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:20

When i was playing L4D the other week, when i tryed to close it my PC decided it would restart and show me a BS for about 5 seconds. Details of my BS is as follows

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Files that help describe the problem (some files may no longer be available)
Mini120508-01.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

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Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 1000008e
BCP1: C0000005
BCP2: 92260B02
BCP3: 99E8FAD8
BCP4: 00000000
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
Server information: a09badaf-1e76-4810-a5f8-f2d243ad2ace

Now i did a bit of digging around and came to a conclusion that it was something to do with my memory as i was maxing out about 4 different programs at the same time. Im running Vista w/ 2gb DDR2 RAM (not sure on the speed tbh). Any thoughts?

Cybermyk · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:27

All the error tells you is that windows encountered a problem and decided to shut down. It could be caused by anything unfortunately. You might as well do a memtest to rule that problem out though.

dannywilco · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:28

ok will do cybermyk. thanks

GSDog · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:18

Whenever I've had blue screen's it's been caused by drivers. It might be worth reinstalling/upgrading your current drivers.
Definitely run memtest first though.

Cybermyk · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:23

WinDbg should be able to open up that mini dump file and give you a probable cause. It could help narrow things down a bit.

J.B · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:21

Id say check your graphics card drivers, and that it is not over heating.

dannywilco · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:25

well if i remember correctly i had just installed the new nvidia drivers onto my 8500gt and it did guff up my display (ie L4D would not display correctly) so i did revert back to the ones it came with. also my 8500gt does not have a fan jsut a monstrosity of a heatsink and it runs at about 70C under gaming and 60C idle.