Fatal exception

[Machamix]

What means this??

Fatal exception error 0E at 0177:BFF9DBA7

i always get the same error on blue screen.

thanks.

[Bleeding Edge]

Sorry. Don't know that particular one. The description of OE errors is as follows.


From MS's KB-

Fatal exception errors are codes returned by a program in the following cases:
Access to an illegal instruction has been encountered
Invalid data or code has been accessed
The privilege level of an operation is invalid

When any of these occur, the processor returns an exception to the operating system, which in turn is handled as a Fatal Exception Error. In many cases the exception is non-recoverable and the system must either be restarted or shutdown, depending upon the severity of the error.
In the following example of a Fatal Exception error


A fatal exception <XY> has occurred at xxxx:xxxxxxxx


the <XY> represents the actual processor exception from 00 to 0F. The xxxx:xxxxxxxx represents the enhanced instruction pointer to the code segment and the 32-bit address is the actual address where the exception occurred.
Windows does not cause these errors...

Check out Nathan's page for more, easily accessible, info of OE errors. http://www.helponthe.net/nathan/

[mbeaton]

What processor do you have. I had a cyrix M II 300 and when it got hot it became unstable and I started to get a lot of fatal exceptions etc. Put new processor in and no probs. I have had this problem with 3 Cryix processors hence I no longer use them