KSN Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 LUK or any1 else who can help. Quite sometime ago I posted a question in regards to my PC shutting down by itself while running DVD Shrink. LUK, you asked me to send you a minidump file with which you were able to tell me which device was causing the problem. It turned out that I had a bad stick of RAM. I'm having those same issues again. Can someone help? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polopony Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 things like that are usually driver related if you installed any new programs or hardware backtrack by removing whatever was installed or maybe do a system restore to a point where everything was working OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 It's sometimes worth running a full virus scan with updated definitions, also run Spybot and Adaware (both free to d/l I think) and let them check for anything nasty too. That said I think polo has probably nailed it and you may want to look at recent program installations and see if they are to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontasciime Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Check Ram again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Shaun! Post up the minidump again and I'll examine it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSN Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Shaun! Post up the minidump again and I'll examine it. LUK, how do I find the minidump again? Sorry I don't remember how. Let me know and I will post it for you. Once again, thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 C:\windows\minidump Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSN Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hey Guys, Thanks for all your help. I've taken care of the problem. It seems that the culprit was the memory stick, just like last time. A week ago I purchased a 1GB memory stick from Kingston. I installed the new 1GB stick and uninstalled the Ultra 512MB stick and all my problems went away. No more shutdowns while DVDS runs. Taking Cynthia's advice from the DVDS forum, I ran memtest-86. It ran for over 50 hours. I had no idea that a test could run that long .... LOL. I shut it down and just got rid of the Ultra stick. I couldn't wait any longer. I emailed Ultra and they're sending me a replacement memory stick. That's two out of two Ultra 512MB sticks gone bad within a year. Well, thanks for all the help you guys. Have a good one KSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polopony Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 appreciate you getting back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Annoying to lose a second stick tho eh ? I see you are giving Kingston a go now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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