[Curley_Boy]

Yet another unidentifable event log message, occurs in the system log on clean boot:

Source: Application Popup
Type: Information
Event ID: 26
User: N/A

Description:
Application popup: : Machine Check: Regs

Data: (Bytes)
0000: 00 00 08 00 03 00 6c 00 ......l.
0008: 00 00 00 00 1a 00 00 40 .......@
0010: 00 00 00 00 1a 00 00 40 .......@
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

No ill affects I just want to know out of curisosity, thanks anyhow.

[adamvjackson]

At bootup, do you get any messages from the system try, ie, take a tour of windows, windows update, etc? It looks as though that's what it's from.

[Curley_Boy]

nope

I think it's something to do with a system service.. god knows which one though!

[RobEubank]

[hansolo1]

I have windows xp and get the same event viewer message from time to time. have you figured out what causes this? thanks

[RobEubank]

I'm hoping someone with a valid answer will help us both.

[jbossbarr]

You're probably using a gray-box, not one from a specific manufacturer (i.e., Dell, Compaq, Gateway). I use gray-boxes and home-built systems myself, and this error occurs after the occasional system crash. Please check out this article from Microsoft http//support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329284

This error is a Pentium chip error, and is most likely a hardware problem which is temporary in nature. My system crashes 1) usually when playing mp3's; 2) in addition, when there is an open socket to the internet using HTTP; and 3) when Outlook, or some other RPC-related program is in use. It is a very rare occurrance, but this error is most likely a memory or CPU error that you can't really do anything about.

JB

[Julie]

[RobEubank]

My system is AMD based as well.

[GraemeC]

I also have an AMD processor. This appears to be the common link for all of us so I contacted AMD tech support about it. here's their reply...

Hello Graeme,

Hello Graeme,Thank you for contacting AMD's Technical Service Center.
The MCE at start up could mean the OS is loading up an AMD specific HAL
such as 3DNOW! Optimizations, or Power Management. If this is not
causing any system issues, I would not be concerned.

Regards,
Ryan Gardner
CPU Specialist
AMD
TSC

[Analog Fart]

[spurfilm]

Quote:

Well, you're ALL AMD users, see my first post above... it just seems to make ALOT of sense!

Well, I have the same problem, with an occasional recurring series of four "machine reg" messages in the Event Viewer. And guess what, I have an AMD processor too. XP freezes up - mouse and keyboard - and the only way out is the power switch. I'm going to take your advice and have a long hard look at the BIOS settings. What you say makes good sense.

Cheers,
Rick

[spurfilm]

Quote:

* At the very least, it seems like a GOOD/DECENT guess on my part @ least!

A very good guess, I'd say. I can't see anything useful or obvious in my BIOS settings. I'm going to contact AMD. They must surely have discovered it themselves and found a fixaround.

Cheers
Rick

[spurfilm]

Quote:

For instance, in my motherboard's BIOS (Abit VP6 Via based SMP board), there is options to turn off this stuff in it... @ BIOS level.

Hi. What should I be looking for in the BIOS settings? I have a Mainboard K7S5A.

A few minutes ago, my machine shut down automatically and then rebooted without any keystokes from me. On reboot I checked the Event Viewer and it said "Minidump - Save Dump - System rebooted for bug check." Interesting.

BTW, all this hassle began when I installed the latest XP service pack. Never had any problems like this before. Which would tally with your guesses about it being OS related.

Best wishes,
Rick

[spurfilm]

Quote:

Personally? I think it may be OS level stuff & a matter of turning off a service possibly, but which one??

I'll keep you posted. Whatever it turns out to be, it's guaranteed to reveal accumulated and concatenated computer and software design problems, and the inability of beta-testers to keep up.

I'll try turning off services one by one and see what happens.

Best wishes
Rick

[Analog Fart]

This is my favorite XP service tweak site. They also have Windows 2000 service tweaks.

Nothing to report. Microsoft tech support know nothing. The guy i spoke didn't really know what Event Viewer was... This sure does look like an XP+AMD thing because i had the same problem with my Athlon Tbird 1200. At least everything is stable*. I still wanna know what this event is though. Last time i checked EventID had nothing useful. Googleing showed some infomation and also lead me here no too long ago. If i find out anything new i'll let everyone here know.

*I've run Prime95 while surfing, gaming, playing music, burning CDs etc and left Prime95 running for ~20 hours. I left 3Dmark 2001se and Prime95 running for six hours with no problems. I ran Memtest86 set to All Tests (takes 8-10 hours). So yeah, i think everything's stable.

[memlafeder]

Hi everyone,

I am suffering from this problem for too long, that I used to live with it. Till I found this page.

It really makes sense to me, the reason may be a xp-amd conflict. The only problem at my computer is, I am using my tv card with a unsigned driver (cause conexant -manufacturer of the chip on tv card- closed before xp) So I remove the tv card for one week, and give a new clean install on this damn computer. Crashes and restarts are decreased %20. But they are still there.

So what I am saying is, I wish Gates dies with an intel cpu stucked in his as*. I wish everyone uses a lot more copy windows, cause these ******s don't deserve a damn penny.
and I wish I was a barking dog, which makes my life a lot easier from now..

So guys, give it up. You can not fight with microsoft. Go buy a new intel cpu.

regards.

[theefool]

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=28514 <--- has some info
http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=25&threadid=63989&enterthread=y <--- talks about via 4in1 chipset drivers caused that problem.
http://www.multi-hardware.com/MHBB/mess.php3?f=1&t=1237&conf=multi <--- says it is based on power fluctations


Who knows. Anyway, this happens on my machine (amd 3200+). BUT. I do not have any lockups, nor do I have any other system problems. I am running a Gigabyte Main board, using a via chipset.

So, this is either a power issue or a VIA issue. We can rule out the VIA issue if others on this forum say they don't have the VIA chipset. Though, one user on the VIA board said that using older drivers fixed his issue.

We can rule out the power issue, if we know for a fact that we have a 400+ watt power supply and that we are getting clean power to our system. Yes, clean power. Having dirty power running to your system can cause problems.

I personnaly have had no issues. But, if others are having problems, it could be almost anything. Perhaps, I'll install the latest and greatest via drivers and see what happens. THough, my event log entry appears about once a week.

[gc12]

I've got the exact same messages in Event viewer also. Machine is a Mitac laptop/ Athlon64 3400+/ VIA chipset/ XPsp1. Otherwise my machine is totally stable. Never seen it crash or BSOD. Funny thing is that those warnings only appear at cold boots. If I soft-restart the laptop, those warnings don't show...

[RBogan]

Hey guys...great site here. I joined just to participate in this thread

Anyway, as you might have imagined, I have this same exact sequence of events happening (event logs filling up with Machine Check Reg Application popups at cold boots). I have searched far and wide for possible solutions. I've tried almost everything (reasonable) I can imagine. I've even done some illogical things in hopes of stumbling into a fix. Needless to say, nothing has had any impact in getting these popups to stop appearing in my logs. Yeah, yeah...I know they're "information" and not errors, but since when does Windows ever show us something "just because"?

The system having the issues :

Motherboard - ASUS A7N8X Deluxe (we all know this board)
Graphics - NVIDIA FX 5600 (256)
CPU - AMD Athlon XP 2100 (not overclocked)
Operating System(s) - Windows XP Pro, XP Home have both been tried (legitimately licensed full versions of each)

What I've done trying to solve this problem :

Reformatted, clean installed both operating systems - including a low level format of my Western Digital HDD in one instance

Swapped power supplies (replaced Antec 350W with TTGI 450W) - the TTGI power supply was brand new. Verified power supply to be clean, adequate, and cool running.

Regression tested my system hardware, removing one component at a time until I was down to the minimal configuration (1 hard drive, 1 graphics card, chipset drivers) I even removed the floppy controller, onboard audio, onboard NIC, add-on soundcard, CDRW, DVDRW, etc.

I have reformatted about 10 times in the past 2 weeks playing with this problem. With regard to my operating system, I went back to pre-SP Windows XP Pro & Home. I tried XP Pro and Home SP1, and finally XP Pro and Home SP2 with all updates.

I think I have literally tried every possible configuration with the operating systems and hardware I have laying around my "frankenstein lab" of PC parts.

I'm posting this not so much that someone will offer a resolution, but rather that this information will be added to the problem as we all Google away at a solution.

BTW - I'm using the latest unified drivers from NVIDIA. I've even pulled drivers out of other (more recent) unified driver packages that work with my hardware (audio drivers, IDE drivers).

Any thoughts?

Thanks!