blue screens/lockups/fatal errors
Posted by admin on Oct 30th, 2006
Around a month ago, my computer was getting random bsods and made weird noises. I ran memtest86 and found a bunch of errors, so I thought it was the ram and replaced it. Before I received the new ram, i formatted a bunch of times and each time I did it, I would get the same set of errors and random blue screens. Additionally, I'd have trouble installing Windows and would essentially have a 1 in 10 chance of successfully installing(so i'd have to keep doing it until it was successful).I'd like to mention that right before I received my new RAM, I opened up my case and saw a thick layer of dust resting on the heatsink of my cpu below the fan. I cleared this and found that my problems drastically decreased. I was now able to play games without fatal erroring and wouldn't blue screen anymore.When I received my new RAM with Vista, I formatted again and everything ran smoothly for the first 2 or 3 weeks. After 3 weeks, I actually took my computer to go LAN with my friends this is when the blue screens started. Fast forward to now, and I am blue screening all over the place with PFN_CORRUPT, win32k or other random blue screen messages. The error messages are never consistent and are always different. In addition, the sound is very choppy and I can even get IRQ blue screens when I watch movies. I even uninstalled the sound card drivers and the sound is still choppy. I will lock up randomly and fatal error in games. Basically, all the problems I had before have returned.Many have suggested that this might be a power supply issue. What are your thoughts? I'm not sure if the sound being choppy might have to do with the power supply. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
Nov 2nd, 2006 at 11:56 pm
During the beta I'd occasionally get a build I just couldn't install. My solution (though not pretty) was to basically take everything out of the system except the hard drive and other necessary stuff. I'd even unplug the removable drives. I'd install Vista (quite quickly I might add) and it always seemed to work. Then I'd start putting stuff back in and somehow it always survived.Like I said, it isn’t pretty or fun, and certainly not what you'd expect from an RTM product. But it worked. "Eric"
Nov 8th, 2006 at 12:55 am
thanks for the response but the problem is random blue screens and fatal errors. i don't know how i can get rid of them"MeNotKnow" wrote:
Nov 11th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
Eric wrote: This doesn't have anything to do with Vista. You have hardware failure, probably the motherboard or the CPU. I very much doubt it is simply the power supply although you could certainly swap it out for a knownworking one for a quick answer to that. Malke Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MSMVP Windows Shell/User
Nov 14th, 2006 at 07:21 pm
which vista board should i go to for help with this matter?"Malke" wrote:
Nov 18th, 2006 at 04:51 am
I would place a digital multimeter on the rails to see what the voltages are. A dying ps will cause a lot of problems with everything attached to it.