PC crashing?

ajc100

Hi,

First off, i know very little about Minecraft, so go easy on me....

For the last week, every time my kids play Minecraft my PC crashes, the blue screen type of crash.

I need to do a system restore and everything is fine after. There is nothing else running that wouldn't be running any other time, so have narrowed it down to Minecraft.

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

chin_grin

Install this, run it and post back what file it crashes on.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

chin_grin

Any update on this?

For a bluescreen error you should see something like STOP 0X(load of zeros with a number on the end here). You'll need to google that error code to see what's going on.

ajc100

From the Event Viewer:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 13/10/2011 2:51:24 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Alan-PC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-10-13T13:51:24.290400000Z" />
<EventRecordID>152245</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Alan-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

If you can make anything of that, i owe you a pint or two! Thanks

chin_grin

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/microsoft-error-0x8000000000000002/c8174075-37fd-4e9b-b9ff-4d4db099bbcb

I'm assuming you're running windows 7?

ajc100

chin_grin wrote: »

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/microsoft-error-0x8000000000000002/c8174075-37fd-4e9b-b9ff-4d4db099bbcb

I'm assuming you're running windows 7?

Yes, W7.

Looks like a hard drive issue, nothing to do with Minecraft. Have left it in to a specialist to fix.

Thanks for your help chin_grin.