Everything is crashing

[subrosa]

As of this morning everything I run crashes after a few minutes, all games, IE, etc

I get the standard error message ('random programme' has encountered a problem and needs to close) followed by DrWatson has encountered.....etc etc.......then I get kicked to the desktop.

Nothing new was installed.

My system is

AMD 6000 Dual Core (3ghz)

NVidia GeForce 7300GS

2ghz Corsair 800

External SB Live

Win XP Pro SP2

My CPU temp is 45oC

I've checked for viruses, nothing

Any suggestions?

[Alan2273]

Can you look in the Event viewer, and see what that says.

Also can you test your PSU in any way.

[cozofdeath]

If its a random program you might want to test your RAM.

MemTest

[subrosa]

I've looked in event viewer although I don't know exactly what I am looking for.

I've only had the occasional error but today so far I've had 13 errors, but I think they're just the programme I've had running at the time of crash, rather than the cause.

Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module shell32.dll, version 6.0.2900.2180, fault address 0x00063e29.

Hanging application IEXPLORE.EXE, version 6.0.2900.2180, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Faulting application drwtsn32.exe, version 5.1.2600.0, faulting module dbghelp.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x0001295d.

Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module browseui.dll, version 6.0.2900.2180, fault address 0x0004bacf.

Faulting application game.dat, version 2.0.2462.25467, faulting module d3dx9_27.dll, version 9.8.299.0, fault address 0x001f4816.

Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module user32.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x0002722d.

I've run CHKDSK and I'm dl something atm to scan my reg

My CD Rewriter packed in last week and I haven't had a floppy drive in years so I've no way of creating a disc to check my RAM.

My 2 1gb sticks are only 2 weeks old.

I initially thought my PSU because I've had a couple of random restarts, unsure how to test it tho.

Many thanks

[pa1916]

Have you done a sfc /scannow??

You might have todo a full recovery it depends on what your SFC SCAN shows up.

If your memory is a miss match then your computer will become unstable.

[Alan2273]

The fact that it is not one program causing it to crash led me to think it might be your PSU.

There are two ways to test your PSU, borrow a PSU from a friend, or buy an Antec PSU tester, these are about £12.00.