i get this error on the BSOD:
0x0000001E (0xC0000005, 0xA0083306, 0x00000000, 0x01000027)
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

***address A008E306 base at A0000000 datestamp 38438ff7 - win32k.sys

beginning dump of physical memory dump
*etc...*


ok first - does anyone know what the hell this means? can anyone please help me i am going insane i have been fighting this computer for it seems like forever and i can never get it to run smoothly. i looked around in my system info and i found this:

System Information report written at: 12/28/2000 12:44:52 AM
[Memory]

Range Device Status
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF ALi M1541 PCI to AGP Controller OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Banshee OK
0xC8000-0xEFFFF PCI bus OK
0x10000000-0xFFFEFFFF PCI bus OK
0xE4000000-0xE7FFFFFF ALi M1541 PCI to AGP Controller OK
0xE4000000-0xE7FFFFFF 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Banshee OK
0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF ALi M1541 PCI to AGP Controller OK
0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Banshee OK
0xE0000000-0xE3FFFFFF ALi M1541 PCI to AGP Controller OK
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0xFFFE0000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0x100000-0xFFFFFFF System board OK
0xF0000-0xF3FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xF4000-0xF7FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xF8000-0xFBFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFC000-0xFFFFF Motherboard resources OK

i just assumed it was to do with memory, because of the memory dump. i dont know what all the 0x00000000 stuff means so can anyone decipher what this error means?

im pretty sure its a hardware problem but i dont know what to replace. can anyone tell me what device is defective? (if any)


please help


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