XP Memory Dump files

x-voodoo · Dec 17, 2008, 06:32 AM

My PC rebooted itself just out of the blue. The only things I was doing was browsing the web while running a virus scan (a quad core should be able to handle much more than that!)

It didn't give me any "system recovered from a serious error" messages, but it did create a minidump file. How can I read the file so I can maybe find out why the PC rebooted out of the blue?

My system is a Q9400 running at stock speeds, 4GB RAM (3.25GB reported), Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Radeon 1GB, etc.

I am posting in the OS forum because the dump file seems more OS related than hardware. Sorry if this is the wrong forum!

caveman-jim · Dec 17, 2008, 06:42 AM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315271
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q315263
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtoo...tallx86.mspx#a

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x-voodoo Radeon HD 6970 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 548	XP Memory Dump files My PC rebooted itself just out of the blue. The only things I was doing was browsing the web while running a virus scan (a quad core should be able to handle much more than that!) It didn't give me any "system recovered from a serious error" messages, but it did create a minidump file. How can I read the file so I can maybe find out why the PC rebooted out of the blue? My system is a Q9400 running at stock speeds, 4GB RAM (3.25GB reported), Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Radeon 1GB, etc. I am posting in the OS forum because the dump file seems more OS related than hardware. Sorry if this is the wrong forum!

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Dec 17, 2008, 06:42 AM	#2
caveman-jim Rage3D Tech Editor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: AL Posts: 47,337	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315271 http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q315263 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtoo...tallx86.mspx#a __________________ Twitter ~ Youtube ಠ_ಠ The Contents of this Message are my own Opinion and may intend to be satirical. u mad?

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