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    BSOD's - how to read .dmp files?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Cat in a Hat, Jan 26, 2011.

  1. Cat in a Hat

    Cat in a Hat Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm... I'm a little concerned at the moment, since I've been getting random BSODs (x3 so far) when my machine isn't running any applications barring the usual background programs on launch. On my system, this amounts to: Zonealarm, Avast & Steam, as well as Nvidia 266.58 drivers. In one case, it happened literally 3 mins (as I was sipping coffee getting ready for a day in the office) from boot up from cold, so it isn't a heat issue; CPUID hardware monitor shows GPUs @ under 50 and CPUs @ 50 exact (barring core #2, which always seems to be 3-5 c lower than the other three?!) - Mobo is 27, HDs are 38/39.

    I have x3 .dmp files - can anyone point me to where / how to read them and/or what to do with them? I d/l'd MS dev tools, but promptly lost them.


    Any advice would be appreciated - in the main 701x thread I've not seen any reports of this.
     
    Cat in a Hat, Jan 26, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Commander Wolf, Jan 26, 2011
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