Blue screen of Death ... what's wrong?

[3yeNerd]

I've put my rig together for a few months now .. haven't had time to try and overclock it or anything .. seems to run smoothly, but every once in a while my computer will give me the blue screen. Weird thing is it only happens at night when I'm sleeping or when I'm out .. never when I'm actually physically there using the the computer. Although there may or may not be some program running in the background downloading or something.

 

The error message says the following:

 

Machine_Check_Exception

 

Tech Info:

 

Stop: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x80545ff0, 0xB2000000, 0x00070F0F)

 

 

Everything is still set at stock settings .. can anyone tell me what is causing this?

 

Thanks!

 

Mike

[davidhammock200]

IMO RAM or PSU. What PSU?

[3yeNerd]

oops, didn't have that in my sig .. it's an Antec Neopower 480W

 

I just RMA'd the RAM those are two new sticks .. and set at default settings.. u think its the RAM? Is there a way to look up the error code?

[3yeNerd]

bump for help

[Neoforcer]

Hope this helps

 

STOP: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x00000000, 0xb2000000, 0x00020151) ...

 

Revision : 1.0

This article was previously published under Q329284

 

For a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 162363 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162363/).

 

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following Stop error message:

STOP: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x00000000, 0xb2000000, 0x00020151)

"MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION"

The four parameters inside the parentheses may vary.

 

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because your computer processor detected and reported an unrecoverable hardware error to Windows XP. To do this, the processor used the Machine Check Exception (MCE) feature of Pentium processors or the Machine Check Architecture (MCA) feature of some Pentium Pro processors. The following factors may cause this error message:

• System bus errors

• Memory errors that may include parity or Error Correction Code (ECC) problems

• Cache errors in the processor or hardware

• Translation Lookaside Buffers (TLB) errors in the processor

• Other CPU-vendor specific detected hardware problems

• Vendor-specific detected hardware problems

 

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

[3yeNerd]

Thanks for the info .. so how do I go about trouble shooting this? I can't afford to get new Ram to test it .. are there settings or something that I can try?

[hitman012]

Enable memtest in Genie BIOS Setting and let it run for at least 6 hours to make sure it's clean.

[mattyhayden]

I have been getting them too,

Thing my CPU is damaged, As I have replaced all my parts except the CPU.

[billy1ear]

I'm guessing most likely dram settings in bios, sometimes dramm voltage just needs a bump (don't exceed mfg recommended voltage unless you know what you are doing). Do a search for folks with similar cpu and memory and see what settings they use, or go to the oc database and use settings there just leave out the oc parts.

Make sure you at least pass memtest

 

good luck

[3yeNerd]

Well, I set the dram settings according to specs .. but didn't play with the voltage (I think it's already on stock 2.6 which this ram is rated for)

 

I'll try the memtest tonight when I go to bed

 

Any chance this could be from overheating? (the 120mm fan in the back isn't working for some reason so I need to replace it..) note: nothing has been overclocked!

 

Thanks for all the help so far!

[hitman012]

I too seem to recieve these errors, again only when I'm away, and puzzlingly, only on a cold boot (at least it seems that way). I've tried Prime for 5 hours without issue, and memtest for an hour or so (inadequate, I know).

 

I plan to run that Windows-based memtest program when I leave today so it'll get a good 6-hour run. We'll see what turns up...

[Neoforcer]

You have a bad piece of hardware start by testing your PSU them move to CPU then Ram. Have a local repair shop test your CPU and Ram. Use a volt meter to test you PSU rails. Also you can contact Angry games and see if sending your hardware to him and he will get it running for you. :nod: here is email Email Angry Games

 

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This is a hardware issue: an unrecoverable hardware error has occurred. The parameters have different meanings depending on what type of CPU you have but, while diagnostic, rarely lead to a clear solution. Most commonly it results from overheating, from failed hardware (RAM, CPU, hardware bus, power supply, etc.), or from pushing hardware beyond its capabilities (e.g., overclocking a CPU).

 

 

0x0000009C: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

(Click to consult the online MSDN article.)