random bsod could be bad?

[Wefro_froyas]

I was browsing the internet and the bsod randomly appeared i checked event viewer and I found this


The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x52c337c7, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xb7dcb39f). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini122710-01.dmp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

[BC_Programmer]

0x100000d1 means IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. 90% of the time it's caused by driver issues.

You can get more information on that particular crash (such as what file caused it) using either BlueScreenViewer (Easiest) or you can literally open the dumpfile in the free windbg tool (which comes with the debugging tools for windows). The latter option is more involved (requiring the assignment of symbols servers, the use of !analyze, and a rather cryptic commandline). Unless you really know what you are doing you should be able to get away with BlueScreenViewer. That almost always shows the file that caused it. (and it's a lot easier to install and use)

[Allan]

Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply

[Wefro_froyas]

Mini122710-01.dmp   12/27/2010 12:04:15 AM   DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL   0x100000d1   0x52c337c7   0x00000002   0x00000000   0xb7dcb39f   Ntfs.sys   Ntfs.sys+139f   NT File System Driver   Microsoft® Windows® Operating System   Microsoft Corporation   5.1.2600.3081 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.070209-0028)   32-bit      C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini122710-01.dmp   4   15   2600   90,112   

[Allan]

Could be anything from a driver issue (as BCP suggested above) to bad ram or overheating. First a question... What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)? Then we will see where we go.

[Wefro_froyas]

well lets see I'm pretty sure this same bsod has happened before.

Nothing been new other then I bought and downloaded a expansion for a game.

See this is whats weird I had just got done playing and was going to get on Tinychat with some friends
and it had randomly popped up.

The only programs I had open were VLC, Firefox and Skype.

EDIT: The computers works fine but I'm curious as to why I got this BSOD last night when I was bassically doing what I do every night.

[Allan]

Okay. Well the first step is to update your video and audio drivers. Then you can check for a bios update. If the problem continues, boot to the Recovery Console and run chkdsk /r. If still no joy, run a ram diagnostic.

That should keep you busy for a while

[Wefro_froyas]

Video and audio drivers are up to date.

Hopefully this isn't too serious

[Allan]

I meant to mention that drivers should be downloaded from the OEM websites, not from Windows Update.