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Hello,

My system:

Windows XP Professional Edition SP3 X86
AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR ZHF3
Asus P5GD1 Motherboard
Intel 3.2 GHZ processor
80GB IDE Maxtor HDD
DVD RW Slave on IDE
512MB DDR RAM
350W PSU

I was experiencing several problems with a fresh install of Windows 7 on my PC (mainly MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSODs and IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) caused by ntoskrnl.exe and halmcapi.dll) so I decided to format and do a fresh install of Windows XP Professional SP3 X86 after troubleshooting (You can see what I tried below) and I am still having problems. (It's a fresh install of XP SP3 with only my graphics driver, ethernet driver, sound driver and google chrome) Sound and ethernet drivers are downloaded from the ASUS website and graphics driver is downloaded from AMDs website.

I have tested the RAM with Memtest86 and did 12 passes without any errors, I tested my processor using the Intel Processor Diagnostic Utility and passed the test, I have changed power supplies, I even borrowed my friends graphics card, Uninstalled previous AMD drivers and reinstalled the Nvidia drivers and still got errors, Cleaned out the whole computer with a compressor and even reapplied thermal paste (Temperatures around 45 degrees and 60 degrees when PC is under heavy load) and I am still experiencing problems.

I just noticed that in device manager I have two "Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for high definition audio" so I disabled one of them (The one that's for my HDMI on my GPU I would imagine and kept the one for onboard audio, but everytime I restart my PC it reenabled after chosing "Do not use this device (disabled)

Everything goes fine when I restart my computer until it passes the Windows starting logo which is when sometimes I will get a BSOD (TERMINAL_SERVER_DRIVER_MADE_INCORRECT_MEMORY_REFERENCE) , I will try again and sometimes I will get another BSOD until I select "Last known good configuration" which is when the computer boots fine (so far) and almost everytime I get the message "" One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful." - I will also note that after a fresh installation after completing installation and taking me to the desktop I also got that message saying registry data had been recovered.... On some rare occasions, I would click to shut down my PC and it would freeze at 'Shutting down" and even the mouse was frozen and the keyboard and I would need to force restart.

Here are the most recent BSOD dump files running Windows XP
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9b2c9c437bd0c3bd%21192

Here are the BSOD dump files from when I was running Windows 7
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9b2c9c437bd0c3bd%21185


I really would appreciate help, Thanks
 
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1) If you do a fresh install of any OS and you experience issues then the problem is most likely a hardware problem
2) Hardware is only guaranteed for THREE years, then the manufacturer warns you that it will be risky to continue using as it will fail /unexpectantly/.
3) The specs of this system are older than 10 years and not worth the investment in any manner, considering the incompatibility to current 'off the shelf' parts /physically/ don't work in this hardware.
4) The cost of a 'general use' PC has been driven down to $200 (Walmart either a laptop or desktop) that would provide almost 20 times as much ram, 10 timea as much storage, and 1000% more guarantee of support and Warranty. Considering the cost of Windows alone is $179 @...
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1) If you do a fresh install of any OS and you experience issues then the problem is most likely a hardware problem
2) Hardware is only guaranteed for THREE years, then the manufacturer warns you that it will be risky to continue using as it will fail /unexpectantly/.
3) The specs of this system are older than 10 years and not worth the investment in any manner, considering the incompatibility to current 'off the shelf' parts /physically/ don't work in this hardware.
4) The cost of a 'general use' PC has been driven down to $200 (Walmart either a laptop or desktop) that would provide almost 20 times as much ram, 10 timea as much storage, and 1000% more guarantee of support and Warranty. Considering the cost of Windows alone is $179 @ Walmart/Best buy it makes much more sense to deposit this legacy system with a Electronics Re-cycler so they can strip out the metal and just buy a newwer PC.
 
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I have tested the hard drive with SeaTools for Windows and have passed the SMART test, Short drive self test, and short generic test.

I just finished restarting my PC, and after restarting it got to the Windows logo and right after the logo I got a BSOD and it automatically restarted, I then selected last known good configuration, I got another BSOD and it auto restarted, I then selected start windows normally, another BSOD, and then one last time I selected start windows normally and it started fine and once I got logged in my user I got the message "One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful"

Here is the BSOD dump from BlueScreenView - I noticed how there is no Bug check string this time?

==================================================
Dump File : Mini043015-01.dmp
Crash Time : 30/04/2015 11:12:31 AM
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0xc0000218
Parameter 1 : 0xe1b8f978
Parameter 2 : 0x00000000
Parameter 3 : 0x00000000
Parameter 4 : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+60672
File Description : NT Kernel & System
Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company : Microsoft Corporation
File Version : 5.1.2600.6419 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.130704-0421)
Processor : 32-bit
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+60672
Stack Address 1 : ntoskrnl.exe+19d558
Stack Address 2 : ntoskrnl.exe+13bd2b
Stack Address 3 : ntoskrnl.exe+dc1d7
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini043015-01.dmp
Processors Count : 2
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 2600
Dump File Size : 90,112
Dump File Time : 30/04/2015 11:14:12 AM
==================================================

Also I understand that this PC is old and everything, but I'm unemployed at the moment and don't have the funds to buy a new PC at the moment, I know $200 may not be much to you but for me at the moment it is, which is why I made a post here.. This PC was running perfectly fine all night without any BSODs and it's a very good PC, It only seems to give me that BSOD when restarting, and very rarely when I'm in Windows, Sometimes I will click Shutdown and it will freeze at "Shutting down" Mouse wont move, keyboard caps lock doesn't turn on or off either so its frozen and I need to force restart.. I just want someone to inspect the dumps (lol) to try and pinpoint the issue, I not only want this PC working, but if it doesn't work and I recycle it or whatever then I would at least like knowledge from this experience and find out what the problem is? I was considering maybe the PCI express slot is damaged or something? After all the diagnostics I have done, after buying a new PSU and everything, I really want to at least figure out what the problem is if possible :)
 
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Better bet would be to stick with Windows 7, as there are no drivers anymore for XP (or very old drivers which makes them potentially the cause of BSODs as well due to incompatibilty).

Yes I am unemployed as well now going on for 3 years.. but that still doesn't change the facts about the hardware (unreliable and not able to support with replacement parts). One big issue you have is only running 512MB of RAM, minimum Windows needs 2048, normally 4096 to 8GB is the nrom to meet the multitasking way people use the computers (having several job listing open with your word document resume open at the same time checking email for example).

As I said, the issues which can't be tested via Windows (Windows itself isn't reliable as it BSOD on kernal the core of Windows) using Windows based software, you would need to use thumb drive / CD based tools to check the RAM, HDD and such, but ultimately they are NOT as reliable method as just simply swapping hardware known as working into the machine to determine which component is not working. This is breadboarding the whole thing, and most common method.

Starting with just the Mobo on a cardboard box or wood, plug power into the mobo only, the power switch to the mobo, one stick of RAM, reseat the CPU, and plug in the GPU (if no onboards) to the video. Test to BIOS, then add the next hardware component (CD) test again make sure your seeing everything right in BIOS, the the next compoenent, test again and again till you have all parts in. Then while laying out load Windows by doing a DBAN on the HDD first. If DBAn takes a long times (many hours) or errors, then the HDD / I/O / Mobo / RAM / CPU or PSU are faulty at that point. You would eliminate which one is the cause by swapping a known working PC parts into this one, which is the problem.

As i suggested the least cost effective answer would be to replace the PC. You can (if your in the US) use your tax return money for this, otherwise I would suggest the public library or other resources to use, or just a part time job minimum wage for a month to afford a new PC for general usage.
 
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