ntoskrnl.exe causing exception in windows 2000.....random bsod errors

[asthana]

Hi,

I am experiencing random bsod errors these are either "kmode exception not handled" or "irql not less or equal"

dumpchk.exe and pstat.exe point to "ntoskrnl.exe" as the source of the problem.

there are times when the comp. runs fine for a couple of days and then there are times when it crashes 10-15 times on the same day !!!

Has anyone experience a similar phenomena ??

Please help !!!!!

Wish

 

[bcastner]

The message means that there was not a more specific message to be given you. The Irql message is either a new piece of hardware, the driver for the newer piece of hardware, or RAM.

Try a memory test for several hours:

http://www.memtest86.com/#download0

The most common device driver cause is newer video board drivers. But RAM becoming marginal is the most common cause of all for these errors.

 

[asthana]

Is there a similar tool for testing AMD arch. ?