guigsy Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 i've seen it 3 times in the last 2 days now.can any of you computer techies give me an approximate countdown to meltdown? i got a zappa discography i need to get off my computer, but i need more time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 oh no, not again guigs your poor computer, i think it needs to go to computer heaven. condolences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hey Guigs, PM me the thingie that says: A fatal exception has occured at 0x805F3792 (or whatever that number is) and I will see what I can find for you. I'll tell ya what wasnt a 'fatal exception error' Daniel Lanois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) booche, how do i get that thing? the screen only stays up long enough for me to read something that i think says "begin memory dump" - then it flashes, and restarts. phorbesie: i cant wait for this fucker to go to computer heaven. but not till i get my shit off! edit: HAHA.. yeah - root cause found... :blush: Edited February 18, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 "booche, how do i get that thing? "Pen, paper and pay attention. First, make sure you defrag your hard drive tonight.Go into MY COMPUTERright click C:drivechoose TOOLSclick DEFRAGMENT NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 For XP:Start->Settings->Control Panel->SystemAdvanced tab->Startup and Recovery settings buttonRemove the check from automatically restart (under system failure).If it's not xp, get a new computer. They're cheap now and it will save you tonnes of headache.This will keep the blue screen up until you turn off the computer so that you can write the shit down.Pay attention to what you do before it happens. Something's wrong with a piece of hardware (or its driver, something on those lines) and if it happens after, say, inserting a CD then it's probably the CD player. If it happens when you connect to the internet, it's something with the modem/ethernet card, etc. If you have a camera it's much easier than writing down the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Right on MattM."Advanced tab->Startup and Recovery settings buttonRemove the check from automatically restart (under system failure)."That's going to come in handy once my clients finally upgrade to XP and when I do at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 I only put it for xp because that's what I have. That setting is available in all versions of windows, you just have to find it. It will be in the same general area. If you really want to troubleshoot, put checks in the ones reffering to memory dumps. You can download the windows debugger free here and load the memory dump file into it to find out pretty much exactly what happened.Safest thing:When installing windows, always make a windows partition and a data partition (C and D for example) that way you can save everything to D and if something like this happens you can just wipe windows off C and reinstall it without loosing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Pay attention to what you do before it happens. actually, come to think of it, everytime it's happened, has been when i've gone to insert my pcmcia adapter to transfer shit... If you have a camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Pay attention to what you do before it happens. actually' date=' come to think of it, everytime it's happened, has been when i've gone to insert my pcmcia adapter to transfer shit... If you have a camera does this mean you will be posting brilliant artistically executed pictures of your monitor?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 mattm: thanks man - i'll try that when i get home, and yes, it is xp.timouse: it's a hot new series im working on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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