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process and error log programme

I am looking for a process and error log programme, that will log what is happening to my machine all the time.
I want to do this as i am having a fairly regular crash that seems to be unrelated to anything in particular, in fact it is a re-boot not a crash (not even a BSOD)

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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model PT800-823X
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2792 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 31/01/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 620.97 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB

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fadiramada

Hey alexgreen,

I'm sensing that you feel this is a software problem,
are you sure it's not a hardware problem like your
computer overheating due to lack of air circulation
or the battery in the motherboard needs changing
or something to that effect?

Thanks,

Fadi Ramada,
Network+, Security+

alexgreen

ASKER

leew will get this one as it's pretty much a perfect answer but...

nelson will get an assist for a spectacular suggestion that might save me some hassle.

and i may give fadi some points if the thread gets interesting...

Fadi, I am not sure what the problem is. PC is brandspanking NEW so i am in talks with the manufacturers re the warranty, I just need to be sure that it is not a soft error as then i would have to pay the engineers time. I think i have so far ascertained that it is not a soft error.

as for circulation etc, my sesnors are reading MoBo ~50 degrees C constant CPU ~ 30-40 degrees C

looks like the overheating is not an option. I get these errors from a nice checking programme i found:

Error:CPU 0: MFC QuickSort: Checksums do not match; a[14174] = 1177, a[14174] = 1178
Chipset: Error:CPU 0: Memory cells do not match; cMem1[5764952] = 88, cMem2[5764952] = 0
L2 Cache: Error:CPU 0: L2 Cache data does not match, lpByte1=222, lpByte2=222

some of these are repeatable, they don't always appear.

windows event viewer tells me that one of the HD's keeps telling me it might fail iminently!

this is fun as i am using the machine now!