Hi guys, I have recently been having a major PROBLEM with my MACHINE during start-up. The machine will boot-up fine if it has been turned off for a day or so but then as soon it is restarted (Sometimes need's restarting more than once for the problem to happen) I gat the blue screen of death with the 'MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION' message. I was hoping you guys could help me shead some light on the problem as you have been so helpful in the past. The best thing I think I can ask first is what are all the things that can make this message appear?

Its late now so I thought I would just ask before I go off to bed but I will get a full, in-depth description of my system up tomorrow.

Thanks, csem-it

Quick System Spec: (Please ask for any other relative INFORMATION that is needed)

My OS is Windows XP Pro
I have SP2 Installed
 
My System is:
Asus K8N-E Delux Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+
1536MB of 'Crucial' PC3200 RAM
128mb All in Wonder ATI graphics card.Overclocked :-?

See here.

Good luckWel, I know its not a problem with overclocking as I have never even attemted to do so. But it could be a problem with the RAM I spose as I replaced the RAM in the machine at christmas. Although wouldn't that cause the machine to fail on every start-up?

I will try putting only the old RAM BACK in when I can get hold of it.

Thank yoy Dusty. Does anyone else hae any idea's/advise?

EDIT: The machine worked flawlessly for the first two weeks aftere christmas (Putting the new RAM in)You can check the RAM with a free download from www.memtest86.com

Check each chip for about 30 minutes by itself, then all together. Post back with your findings.

Has this all happened since the change? Has ANYTHING else (hardware OR software) changed?

Yes, it has hapened only since the change but no, nothing else had changed. I will see if I can get it to boot up properly today and have a go at testing the memory.

Thanks.Re-seating the new memory may fix it too.