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Microsoft is unable to determine the exact cause of this error. However, this problem was most likely caused by an error in your computer?s random access memory (RAM). RAM is the main internal storage area the computer uses to run programs and store data. During the crash analysis, we noticed the basic input/output system (BIOS) version on this computer does not match the specifications for the central processing unit (CPU), also known as a processor, that is installed on your computer. This can occur when a newer processor is installed on an older system board or older BIOS. Using a BIOS that does not support the installed processor can result in Windows system crashes. Contact your computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer for an updated version of BIOS for your computer's processor. thats the problem i am getting, i dont want to mess with my bios cause im scared ill screw my comp up. and i dont know what i need to do. ive upgrades every driver i can find.

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Search for and then download the 'MEMTEST86+' software, and burn it to a CD-recordable.

Then, shutdown your computer, and reboot it, telling it to boot from the CD-recordable.

This will launch this 'RAM-testing' program -- let it run for 2 to 4 hours.
If it finds any problems, some of your RAM is "bad".
Compare bad RAM to writing with chalk onto a greasy chalk-board -- you think that you are writing, but what you write cannot be read.

Updating the BIOS is *NOT* a job for a "novice" at changing computer hardware components. If you feel that it needs to be updated, i.e., the RAM-test reports "good", then take your computer to a qualified technician, for general trouble-shooting, and, if necessary, updating the BIOS.

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What are you doing when this happens? It sounds like you will have to get a BIOS upgrade weather you like it or not. Visit the motherboard manufacturer's website and obtain the BIOS update from there.

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    @ikkenom: It generally isn't that hard to update the bios. Most motherboard vendors make it very easy through utilities they make themselves.

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