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    Hardware or software failure?

    Aha! I fixed it! Windows blue screened (which it didn't do before) quoting some DLL file as being the source of the error, up restarting and searching for the files i found it was in C:\windoze\system32\spool\.\. So i got the latest printer drivers for my printer and the crashes have stopped...
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    Hardware or software failure?

    The PC never crashed under win98, however someone managed to rip out the keyboard while the PC was turned on, ruining the connector on the keyboard, could this have caused any hardware faults? I have replaced the PSU and this made no difference to the crashes or the frequency of their...
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    Hardware or software failure?

    Im pretty sure theres nothing wrong with the hardware cooling, the fan on the processor is spinning, as is the one in the power supply, i took the side off the case (to try to cool it more) and this made no difference to the frequency of the crashes. By usually i mean randomly, it crashes maybe...
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    Hardware or software failure?

    Its a system error (102) that seems to be occuring. The source is system error and the event is 1003. Any ideas what this is or what is causing it? Thanks -HeLmie
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    Hardware or software failure?

    System: PII350 192Mb Ram O/s: win XP Pro Ok, so XP seems to be re-setting. Usually when im trying to do something in office 2000 or sage. My question is: How do i know if it is a hardware or software thing? Could it be XP causing the re-sets? I thought it may be a faulty power supply, so i...

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