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General => Internet, Science, & Technology => Topic started by: Selkie on August 23, 2010, 06:27:41 PM

Title: What does this MEAN?
Post by: Selkie on August 23, 2010, 06:27:41 PM
Ok, for the second time now, as I was on the nets, my computer randomly crashed, and a blue screen appeared with writing saying something like "the computer has suffered a blah blah something"

then it says "begin dumping of something memory"

then "dumping complete"

then a bunch of other shit.

And I have to hold the power button to turn it off then turn it back on again...

I have a Dell pc with windows xp.

HALP
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: Nyerp on August 23, 2010, 06:30:17 PM
extremely malignant computer viruses
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: ME## on August 23, 2010, 07:08:30 PM
It sounds like a virus of some sort.
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: Infel on August 23, 2010, 08:17:36 PM
It sounds like a regular Blue Screen of Death to me.
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: snorkel on August 24, 2010, 08:56:21 PM
It's a blue screen of death, there are many causes. If you have a laptop I'd guess overheating, otherwise defective RAM is often the culprit. Copy down the 0x00040394 etc thing and google it.
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: Selkie on August 25, 2010, 02:12:37 PM
Oh okay.

I'm pretty sure then it overheated or something then, cause my McCaffe security center says says my computer is completely fine, and I did a full scan.

Thank the flying spaghetti monster its not a virus/spyware.
Title: Re: What does this MEAN?
Post by: snorkel on August 29, 2010, 10:17:59 PM
Quote from: Selkie on August 25, 2010, 02:12:37 PM
Oh okay.

I'm pretty sure then it overheated or something then, cause my McCaffe security center says says my computer is completely fine, and I did a full scan.

Thank the flying spaghetti monster its not a virus/spyware.


It wouldn't be a virus, it would most likely be some driver having an error or windows having a kernel crash