XP Rebooting - Memory and/or Video extensive test ??

[Ricky1970]

A couple of weeks ago I decided to reinstall XP Pro from scratch (I do it once a year to free system resources, cleanup, etc.)

In the process I also updated my system's Bios and all the applicable drivers to the last version.

The result was preety good except that after 3/4 hours of running no particular process XP decides to reboot.

After rebooting, I get the message that "XP recovered from a serious error" and if ask the details it says that a device driver caused the conflict (it allways says the same thing, doesen't it?).

My question is: can this be memory or my graphic card? can anybody recommend a test I can leave running to determine if this is the case?

Before you ask, I did have Norton Antivirus check my system and it didn't find anything wrong.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

R.

 

[bcastner]

Driver Verifier:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp&NoWebContent=1

Video Test:
Start, Run, dxdiag

Ram Test:

Microsoft

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Memtest86

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

You might want to post back here the specific driver error message. Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

 

[Ricky1970]

Thanks!!!

That was a very fast response...

I will check what is happening tonight and post the message here.

R.