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Hi Since I installed the new drivers the computer has not restarted once, amazing to think that the problem may now be gone! I had no problems with the sound card on my old system, there must be a major bug with it and my new memory or mobo with those old drivers. Thanks for your help and fingers crossed I dont return. Paul

Hi No I havent modified that file, I dont know what it is, however I searched the file ctaud2k.sys as it returned errors in the debug. Via google I found many instances of computers restarting during gaming with this file being the culprit, In my first post I suggested that the computer restarts every time in poker (as far as I can remember) Could it be that this file does have a conflict in my new system ? I installed new creative audigy 2 drivers and it hasnt restarted yet (im not holding my breath) but havent been grinding the system yet. Anyway thanks for your help, and I think the next step could be a mobo return, boohoo

Heres the dump Microsoft ® Windows Debugger Version 6.4.0007.2 Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini030105-01.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is: *** Invalid *** **************************************************************************** * Symbol loading may be unreliable without a symbol search path. * * Use .symfix to have the debugger choose a symbol path. * * After setting your symbol path, use .reload to refresh symbol locations. * **************************************************************************** Executable search path is: ********************************************************************* * Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. * * * * The Symbol Path can be set by: * * using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable. * * using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. * * using .sympath and .sympath+ * ********************************************************************* Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805644a0 Debug session time: Tue Mar 1 19:37:50.328 2005 (GMT+0) System Uptime: 0 days 2:51:37.030 ********************************************************************* * Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. * * * * The Symbol Path can be set by: * * using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable. * * using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. * * using .sympath and .sympath+ * ********************************************************************* Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe Loading Kernel Symbols .................................................................................................... ...................... Loading unloaded module list ........... Loading User Symbols Unable to load image ctaud2k.sys, Win32 error 2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ctaud2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ctaud2k.sys ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 100000D1, {0, 2, 0, 0} ***** Kernel symbols are WRONG. Please fix symbols to do analysis. ************************************************************************* *** *** *** *** *** Your debugger is not using the correct symbols *** *** *** *** In order for this command to work properly, your symbol path *** *** must point to .pdb files that have full type information. *** *** *** *** Certain .pdb files (such as the public OS symbols) do not *** *** contain the required information. Contact the group that *** *** provided you with these symbols if you need this command to *** *** work. *** *** *** *** Type referenced: nt!_KPRCB *** *** *** ************************************************************************* Probably caused by : ctaud2k.sys ( ctaud2k+27092 ) Followup: MachineOwner --------- So it appears it could be that sound card driver for my audigy, Never had any problems with same audigy card in my old system.

Yes I have Windows XP pro, I looked at the system log previously but there is abolutly nothing reported wrong before it restarts. It does dump memory after reboot though, if it is any help I am now downloading Mirosoft debugging tools and could post the results. Im sure it isnt spyware or virus as I have reinstalled full system on three different harddrives in last week and im pretty good on keeping my system free of such things. thanks

Hi Everyone I have a pretty irritating problem with a new computer setup and wonder if anyone has an idea of what I can do to combat it. Recently I purchased the following upgrades Asus P5AD2-E Premium 925XE (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 650 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.4GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology Antec NeoPower 480W ATX2.0 PSU Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160GB 6B160MO SATA 8MB Cache Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 2 x Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (I have 2gb ram installed on all 4 slots) The problem I have is random restarts, usually once a day, often twice, the system just goes down with no warning and restarts itself, this normally occurs when running a few applications like video rippers/ encoders. Also strangely it seems to happen nearly everytime ive been playing online poker, one more thing ill add is it seems to wipe my interent cache once its restarted. Now I have tested each memory stick individually with memtest and also the whole lot together, this returned no errors through many cycles, all temperatures are fine, under max load the cpu is about 54-56 degrees, the strange thing is the computer seems to run like a dream until the interruptions. I have a standard IDE HD as my main drive and a SATA drive as an extra drive, dont know if this would be a problem. I have also upgraded my bios to the latest thinking this may solve it, it didnt, and finally the only bios setting I have changed is the memory voltage to 1.9, the computer was already restarting before this but someone else on a corsair forum told me to do so before testing the memory. Any ideas ? Also I noticed a previous post about disabling automatic restarts on system error, how would I do this under my setup ? Thank for your help Paul