c:\dbs>c:\dbs\5.1\bin\mysqld --defaults-file=c:\dbs\5.1\my.ini --standalone --console 090408 9:56:30 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 198714 090408 9:56:30 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events 090408 9:56:30 [Note] c:\dbs\5.1\bin\mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.1.35-Win X64 revno: 2852-log' socket: '' port: 3510 Source distribution R6025 - pure virtual function call 090408 9:56:48 - mysqld got exception 0x80000003 ; This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built, or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong and this may fail. key_buffer_size=8384512 read_buffer_size=131072 max_used_connections=1 max_threads=151 threads_connected=1 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 338112 K bytes of memory Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation. thd: 0x36aa9b0 Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went terribly wrong... 00000001400C7E12 mysqld.exe!my_sigabrt_handler()[mysqld.cc:2013] 00000001403B57C8 mysqld.exe!raise()[winsig.c:597] 00000001403AFEDE mysqld.exe!abort()[abort.c:78] 00000001400B1B28 mysqld.exe!get_lock_data()[lock.cc:876] 00000001400B29EA mysqld.exe!mysql_lock_tables()[lock.cc:214] 0000000140148F82 mysqld.exe!mysql_ha_read()[sql_handler.cc:480] 0000000140166F4F mysqld.exe!mysql_execute_command()[sql_parse.cc:3992] 00000001401687B9 mysqld.exe!mysql_parse()[sql_parse.cc:5906] 000000014016935A mysqld.exe!dispatch_command()[sql_parse.cc:1218] 000000014016A127 mysqld.exe!do_command()[sql_parse.cc:857] 00000001401FBA97 mysqld.exe!handle_one_connection()[sql_connect.cc:1115] 000000014026FCF5 mysqld.exe!pthread_start() 00000001403B5DF7 mysqld.exe!_callthreadstart()[thread.c:295] 00000001403B5EC5 mysqld.exe!_threadstart()[thread.c:275] 000000007754C3BD kernel32.dll!BaseThreadInitThunk() 0000000077764581 ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart() Trying to get some variables. Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort... thd->query at 0000000003702F10=handler `PROCESSLIST` read `idx0` first thd->thread_id=1 thd->killed=NOT_KILLED The manual page at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/crashing.html contains information that should help you find out what is causing the crash.