Machine check Exception

[rlunetta22]

Hello all, I am eceiveing a Machine_check_exception Stop:0x0000009c BSOD error.

I'm having a problem with my dvd burner Sony DRU 500A (its quite a few years old, but I only burn dvds a few times a year). What happens is that the burner is able to burn blank discs, but when I insert a dvd or dvd-rw with anything on it, my computer freezes and i get the blue screen of death. I get "Machine_check_exception... Stop: 0x0000009c" (If the disc is blank, its business as usual.) The blue screen error i get indicates a hardware problem. So I just bought a new Samsung burner from newegg.com, and it turns out i'm getting the same issue with the new drive, that my burner can't read any dvds. Its weird since my regualr dvd drive is able to read the discs with no problem. So i put the old burner back in and i swapped them from master to slave. same problem. I then switched IDE cables, same problem. I even switched the ide sockets on the motherboard and it didnt work. I don't know what to do next. I was thinking of re-formatting my computer and maybe that will fix it? Could it be an operating system issue (im running XP), and maybe something got screwed up along the way?? I have no idea. I'm hoping its not my motherboard, since any AMD socket 754 chipset motherboard is now hard to come-by. Do you have any idea of what might be the issue? I'm lost!!!

Im running:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle 2.0GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Single-Core Processor
ABIT NF8-V2 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard
2 gigs of DDR400 RAM

Thanks to all

 

[Wildcard]

Hi,

I found this article from microsoft that might help you. Stop error message in Windows XP that you may receive: "0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x00000000, 0xb2000000, 0x00020151)"

It looks like some kind of hardware problem, but it could be the powersupply or ram, or the system board according to the article. Have you tried running a memory test yet?:O

 

[rlunetta22]

No, how would I run a memory test? Thanks

 

[Wildcard]

Hi,

You can download a free tool here Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic. Burn the ISO to a cd and then boot the computer to it. Let it run for a few hours at least. If you start coming up with errors, it could indicate a problem with your ram.

According to that microsoft article, this is just one possiblity of what could be causing your problem, but its definitely worth checking. :)

 

[rlunetta22]

I've done some troubleshooting.... it looks like the drive will read regualr cd's cd-rw when in the drive. Its only DVD discs that it is crashing on. I think this sounds like just a windows or software issue that it might just require a simple reformat and isntallation. Anyone else have any input? Thanks!