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iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:42 am

I run a AMD 2.6 with ASUS motherboard....

I also run as a dual boot.

My music boot seems to be very stable, but the "other" boot is getting more and more blue screens. I leave my PC hooked up to the net and on at night and fairly often I have the BLUE screen.

I have this feeling my memory has gone bad, is that possible?

How do I trouble shoot this thing?

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:45 am

One more thing I noticed. My video seems to change shades some times. Perhaps it is my video card?

Its a Matrox Card

Mo Verdigast · Post by **Mo Verdigast** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:14 am

iDavid wrote:One more thing I noticed. My video seems to change shades some times. Perhaps it is my video card?

Its a Matrox Card

Usually it would not be the memory or the hardware. I've seen blue screens when I'm having driver problems or driver conflicts.

1. Make sure all your video and audio drivers are up-to-date.

2. Sometimes cards don't get along. I kept having blue screen problems when I was trying to run an ATI video card with a Sound Blaster audio card. I switched to another audio card and had no problems.

3. If all else fails, reinstall everything, including Windows. Start over, start simple, make sure everything is working on the simple level before you add more.

Oddly enough, if you're doing dual boot, you probably have the correct drivers in the one that isn't crashing, making it very likely that it is a software/driver issue.

Emerald Tablet · Post by **Emerald Tablet** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:21 am

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PugFace · Post by **PugFace** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:51 am

Re-Install XP

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:33 pm

PugFace wrote:Re-Install XP

And then, when you have re-installed try to make a backup of a clean system configuration with all drivers installed. You can easily overwrite any non-working windows in the future.

And keep a single partition for windows.

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:16 pm

PugFace wrote:Re-Install XP

How do I re-install XP?

1. Do I need to get to re-authorized then?
2. Will I need to change my Bios?
3. If I re-install Xp, do I have to re-install everything?

I have never updated my bios, I posted before about it, but it seemed like I could fry my system if I screwed it up...

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:58 pm

same as above

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:18 pm

iDavid wrote:
PugFace wrote:Re-Install XP
How do I re-install XP?

3. If I re-install Xp, do I have to re-install everything?

Depends on how you go about reinstalling. Will you? Ya, usually you do. Reinstall is about cleaning up after all.

I have never updated my bios, I posted before about it, but it seemed like I could fry my system if I screwed it up...

Yes, you can. What motherboard do you have EXACTLY. What BIOS version do you have now? I'll look it up for you and tell you if you need it or not.

It most likely is an OS issue, and not hardware considering your other install is stable.

Devon

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:40 pm

Thanks
I have a ASUS A7N8X. When I boot up it says 1.2

I appreciate the help

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:16 pm

I'm not seeing it.

http://usa.asus.com/support/download/it ... Name=A7N8X

Look again. It even gets confusing to me as to what the version is on some mothersboards, and the fact the screen flashes by so fast. C1007? C1006? 1004?

Devon

redhanded97 · Post by **redhanded97** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:26 pm

Before you go to the trouble of reinstalling XP and upgrading BIOS, I suggest you perform a quick check to see which driver (if any) is causing the issue.

You can do this by the following method.

Firstly, get to a command line window.

When you get a BSOD, normally a dump file is written to system directory. You should have a utility called dumpchk.exe on the windows xp CD - sorry I can't remember what folder its in but its there somewhere. Run it and it should give you some output on the cause of the bluescreen. Unless you're a real geek you probably won't make much sense of it but the important thing to note down is the Address of the exception that caused the bluescreen.

Run a utility called pstat.exe (need to download it from microsoft) and it produces a list of drivers with their addresses. Match the address you got from the first step to the list of addresses and see where it falls between. That driver is the culprit.

You then need to remove or upgrade the driver.

Cheers!

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:30 am

redhanded97 wrote:Before you go to the trouble of reinstalling XP and upgrading BIOS, I suggest you perform a quick check to see which driver (if any) is causing the issue.

You can do this by the following method.

Firstly, get to a command line window.

When you get a BSOD, normally a dump file is written to system directory. You should have a utility called dumpchk.exe on the windows xp CD - sorry I can't remember what folder its in but its there somewhere. Run it and it should give you some output on the cause of the bluescreen. Unless you're a real geek you probably won't make much sense of it but the important thing to note down is the Address of the exception that caused the bluescreen.

Run a utility called pstat.exe (need to download it from microsoft) and it produces a list of drivers with their addresses. Match the address you got from the first step to the list of addresses and see where it falls between. That driver is the culprit.

You then need to remove or upgrade the driver.

Cheers!

Not so much of a geek, I don't get much of what your saying

1. How do I get a command line window?
2. What is a BSOD, is that the blue screen?

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:57 am

iDavid wrote:2. What is a BSOD, is that the blue screen?

BSOD = blue screen of death. Very descriptive.

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:58 am

When I get the blue screen, it tells me to check video connection and something about the memory. I'll write it down once my PC crashes... again.

I've been trying to think what could be causing the problem. I have so many more programs on my non-music boot it is hard to narrow down.

I have Disk Image 7 on my non music boot and I remember it required installing a windows "add" on which isn't present in the non-music boot.

I've always had this problem to some extent, but it has gone really bad lately.

I change to a Motu 828 and perhaps it doesn't get along with Drive Image.

I run most of the same software on my wifre's laptop and it is SOLID. It also all different parts...

I think I'll back up my dirves and go for the windows re-install.

XP Blue screen... help