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From: zack on 11/07/2002
here's my problemsee, my computer worked just fine, up until 5 days ago, where sudden blue screens of gibbrishing errors started to appear quite randomly... sometimes when i was playing a game, another time when i was watching movies, and so on, and so on. the errors were, as i soon came to know from this forum, pretty common(an exception 0E has occured at 0028:C0014E88 in VXD ---, for instance, ive seen the exact same problem, with a slightly diffrent ending, or for example, A fatal exception 0E has occured at 017F:BFF9E0FB) so i started to rule out the hard causing options, wasnt my dlls, the video card driver, or any of my settings... then, i took a RAM checker program called docmemory, and it found out the problem: bad memory. my question is, does this mean that i need to take the computer to a computer repair guy, or, can i tell the computer somehow to ignore the bad memory area? there seems to be only one error in the ext memory, and, while i dont know how much impact it will have on the computer, it could save me some time, and money, if i could just disable that sector... so, is it possible? or is it time to throw another 100$ bill or replacing chips?
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From: Computerpilot on 11/10/2002
I am just telling you what I see. The one error message is associated with a bad video card driver. Go ahead and replace the memory. If you had it tested and it shows bad, then you should replace it. However, you may still get some of your BSODs because of the video driver. I could be wrong. Replace the memory first and then see if it gets rid of your problem. Just keep in mind, I am only trying to help ("explain yourself"). Computerpilot
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From: Randy on 11/10/2002
"then, i took a RAM checker program called docmemory, and it found out the problem: bad memory."
Video card? You need to explain yourself.
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From: Computerpilot on 11/10/2002
Hopefully, you did not buy that memory yet. Sorry I did not respond right away.The problem you are having is associated with your video card. Try a newer driver for your video card. I bet you have the problem mainly while on some websites and playing games or using applications with lots of graphics. Hope this helps. Computerpilot
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From: Richard on 11/09/2002
Some memory comes with a warranty. See if there is a little sticker on it saying who it came from, or a date, it may be a lifetime warranty.
Hard drive mfgs will replace a hard drive by serial number!
Look for your memory chip on the web, they are very cheap right now.
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From: zack on 11/09/2002
well, i did what you advised, opened up the computer, cleaned all the dust, and reseated the memory... unfortunely, while it did sort of reduce the error rate, they're still coming a lot, so im pretty sure its corrupted memory... thanks for trying, guess i'll have to buy some new chips now.
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From: Richard on 11/07/2002
You could try removing your memory and putting it back in, re-seating it that is, it worked for me. It's not that hard and something you should learn to do yourself. Go read about it on the net.
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From: zack on 11/07/2002
and just in case im mistaken(and i sure hope i am), my computer is a 400mhz with win98, 32mb in the memory, and a 3d blaster banshee PCI/AGP video card.
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