Topic: How to read a Memory dump?
I'm getting random BsoD on my vista x64 machine. it pops up for only a second, so i'm unable to locate the problem. Does anyone know how to access that memory dump?
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Re: How to read a Memory dump?
Being able to read and understand a memory dump won't help you much without a keen understanding of how your system works. Even after a lot of computer science education, generally the best I can do is understand on a really low level why it died, which doesnt offer any clue about how to fix it.
Generally the best thing to do is write down somewhere exactly what you were doing when it happened. If it happens regularly, which it sounds like yours does, you might be able to trace it to a particular activity or type of activity. For example, I once owned a refurbished graphics card which would randomly bsod on graphic rendering operations. Sometimes you'll be able to do a reinstall, or update the drivers, and that will fix the problem. Much faster than getting help to read your memory dump.
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Re: How to read a Memory dump?
Where would my education be if I never tried things that were beyond what I understood? Still need to know how to access the dump.
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Re: How to read a Memory dump?
Getting the "memory dump" isn't really useful to you. The file is usually a .dmp file in C:\Windows\ or C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\ and it can be quite large. There's also usually a MiniDump at C:\Windows\Minidump\. As far as I know, you can't capture BSODs until you specifically change a registry entry to allow it. Even then, BSOD messages are notoriously misleading in actual troubleshooting. Just get the STOP message (the one line before the memory addresses) and search for similar BSODs reported on the internet.
Btw, all of this stuff can be learned through a simple search on google. If you truly want your "education", you wouldn't need to post anything under tech support.
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Re: How to read a Memory dump?
Reading a memory dump can be very useful, it'll tell you exactly what caused the crash (usually a NVIDIA driver on Vista -_-).
Microsoft has several tools for making this an easy process. I can't find the one I used to use, but here is something that may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263
Re: How to read a Memory dump?
Originally posted by: Errrrrrr
Getting the "memory dump" isn't really useful to you. The file is usually a .dmp file in C:\Windows\ or C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\ and it can be quite large. There's also usually a MiniDump at C:\Windows\Minidump\. As far as I know, you can't capture BSODs until you specifically change a registry entry to allow it. Even then, BSOD messages are notoriously misleading in actual troubleshooting. Just get the STOP message (the one line before the memory addresses) and search for similar BSODs reported on the internet.Btw, all of this stuff can be learned through a simple search on google. If you truly want your "education", you wouldn't need to post anything under tech support.
Errrrr, thanks for the info, but what is a Tech support forum for if I'm not supposed to use it for tech situations? I'd much rather have genius' like you and pissing and crast and everyone else answer my computer problems, as you can answer it very well.