Try unseating and refixing the RAM chips. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:40 PM Subject: PCWorks: Re: A fatal exception 0D at 2837:000029E
: ORIGINAL PROBLEM: : > Everything is working fine on and off the internet. I can restart the : computer with no trouble. BUT, everytime I go to *shut down* the computer, I : get an illegal whatever message on the desktop, I click OK, the screen goes : black, then on a blue background I get the following message : : > A fatal exception 0D has occurred at 2837:000029E Press Ctrl/Alt/Del to : restart the computer. : > Press any key to continue (blinking cursor) : : > After that, neither Ctrl/Alt/Del works nor does pressing any key do : anything. I then get a white arrow which, by the way, is able to be moved. : All that's left to do is shut down and give a cold reboot. Any ideas? ... : Harold : : CLINT SAYS:: : > Unfortunately Harold, this is one of the more difficult problems to pin : down since they can be caused by just about anything. The good thing, is it : only happens at shutdown. So for starters, you should shut down/unload : everything running in the background before shutting down. If that fixes it, : then you know it was one of the programs or software running in the System : Tray, or in the background. - -Clint : : AND WHAT HAPPENS? : I took your advice, removed everything from the Task Manager list except : Explorer and Systray (which I assume means nothing else is running, and no : need to uncheck anything in msconfig startup as this is a "shut down" : problem). As they say in Yiddish, "Zeh vet gournisht helfen" (nothing will : help). Fortunately I very rarely shut off the computer as my "Standby" works : very well. When resources are down, I just reboot. : : Question ... where does one go to find the meaning of these "Fatal : Exceptions"? I would like to know for the future what file I have missing, : or what file I have that might be interfering with the shut down process. : ... Harold : ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
