[zeus1234]

Hi,

I had a Win XP machine that freeze suddenly during use. I am not running any heavy duty stuff, just normal office processing and work and sending some email.

I thought i might be having a faulty RAM, so i ran memtest86 overnight to check for problem. This morning, i saw this on my screen, any idea what might be wrong?

Thanks for any advice in advance.

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It looks like your graphics is corrupt. Is the case interior clean of dust? What are your temps? All fans spinning freely? Have you inspected for leaky caps? Swapped in a known good PSU?

I think it wise to let MemTest run overnight, but, if RAM is in question, it is better to test one stick at a time (at first) - just so if one stick is bad, it is already isolated. When you check them all together, if one is bad, you still have to figure out which one. So I check all sticks by themselves, then all together - because sometimes sticks check fine individually, but then don't play well together. And sadly, software based memory testers, don't always detect errors that may show up in real use.

[Digerati]

It looks like your graphics is corrupt. Is the case interior clean of dust? What are your temps? All fans spinning freely? Have you inspected for leaky caps? Swapped in a known good PSU?

I think it wise to let MemTest run overnight, but, if RAM is in question, it is better to test one stick at a time (at first) - just so if one stick is bad, it is already isolated. When you check them all together, if one is bad, you still have to figure out which one. So I check all sticks by themselves, then all together - because sometimes sticks check fine individually, but then don't play well together. And sadly, software based memory testers, don't always detect errors that may show up in real use.

[zeus1234]

Thanks Digerati for the pointers.

I suspected a faulty video card as well after seeing the display. I have not done other thing like what you mentioned though. I lack a spare PSU but i can check on the temp and fan.

I have 2 sticks of 1GB and initially, i tested them 1 by 1, running memtest for 2 passes each without error. After that, i decided to put them together and ran the test overnight.