Re: help! spontaneous shutdown! by ted2222
ted2222
Wed Aug 03 19:39:17 CDT 2005
Okay, I was running the driver verifier and I got a blue screeen that gives
me a bunch of info. : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP:0x000000D1 (0x90E4CFDC, 0X00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF4FF2AAD2)
***WTMWDM.sys - adress F4F2AAD2 base at F4F29000, Datestamp3d17d89c
"R. C. White" wrote:
> Hi, Ted.
>
> It may be a hardware problem (heat, bad cables, dirty connectors, failing
> power supply, or ???). If it is a software problem, you should be able to
> get a clue by changing the default setting for (what to do in case of)
> System failure. The default (ever since Win2K) is to Automatically restart.
> Like so many default settings, this one is for the benefit of newbies, since
> so many computer problems are transitory and are solved by simply rebooting.
> When that doesn't work, though, we are left with no clue as to what the
> problem was/is. :>(
>
> Go to System Properties | Advanced | Startup and Recovery / Settings. Under
> System failure, remove the check from Automatically restart. Next time,
> instead of a sudden reboot, the computer should halt with a BSOD, and it
> won't reboot until you press the computer's Reset button. If you can't
> figure it out from the Stop code, post it here (with the other codes in the
> BSOD) and we should be able to help you figure it out.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "ted2222" <ted2222@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2589893E-3748-4F51-8B58-CB1DDA778780@microsoft.com...
> > My computer reboots suddenly, with no warning. Usually while surfing the
> > web
> > or using P2P file sharing (soulseek). I'm using windows XP Pro 64 bit.
> > Error
> > report indicates a device driver problem. please help!
>
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