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jasper70
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_ 		24. July 2004 @ 02:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My mate is getting fed up with his pc rebooting itself after 3-4 hours. We have checked powermanagment and all power schemes. He gets this error sometimes
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BCCode : 50 BCO1 : E260A00 BCP2 : 00000000 BCP3 : BF85DAE2
BCP4 : 00000001 OSVer : 5_1-2600 sp : 0_0 Product : 256_1
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please help
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Jeanc1
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_ 		24. July 2004 @ 10:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
a BCCode error is a major O/S failure -- it can be cause by many things.

Assuming you have windows Xp installed , you should look at the Error LOG report and have someone knowledgeable interpret what is going on. That is what the Log is for.

Did you had any hardware lately -- Did you make any changes to the Memory bank --- what kind of processor --- Is your processor heating up -- ??

The more info you give when you post -- the more chances you have to get answers that make sense.

Edited--» I strongly suspect you have a bad RAM .
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jasper70
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_ 		24. July 2004 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The system he has is athlon 1800xp 256ddr ram 80gig h/drive running on windows xp. No hardware has been installed lately. I am going to donate some of my ram and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks
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buxton
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_ 		24. July 2004 @ 11:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
http://www.memtest86.com/

Go here and download the Windows Version. Burn the .ISO to CD if the PC can burn and runs long enough. You can put it on Floppy if you have one.

Boot from the CD or Floppy and see if there is bad RAM in there.

Do the RAM one stick at a time if it is two 128Mb sticks. If it Passed with each stick on their own and failed with them both in it could be a faulty RAM controller on the motherboard.

Make sure the RAM is set to SPD in BIOS in case the timings are to fast.

Beyond that it can be a 1001 things - faulty XP - Re-install. Faulty driver somewere, could be anything, re-install. Duff Hard Disk or IDE controller. Faulty CPU the list is endless.

Faults that occur over time are almost always RAM or Overheating on the CPU.

Oh and goto START/RUN/MSCONFIG/STARTUP - uncheck everything and reboot - it could be a process running in the background causing the problem.
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