Brand New Dell 8400 repeatedly doing physical memory dumps..

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"Krafka" <Krafka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C5A5DD1D-B215-45B7-B6D1-41F94D1E56E8@microsoft.com...
| My new Dell 8400 with a 3.0 Ghz pent 4 a gig of ram, 160 Gig hard drive with
| 60 gig vram page file and GeForce 256Mb DDR2 6800 GTO video card will do
| physical memory dumps every now and then when I play United offensive online
| and the computer isnt even 3 months old what do I do? my email is
| brian_krafka@yahoo.com please email me what you post because I dont come to
| this site too often.thank you

Hi Krafka,

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com and then
install MS AntiSpyware from: www.microsoft.com/spyware to
remove any Spyware or Adware which could clog up your PC.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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