Blue Screen Of Death.....

[dboucher]

hi all,
having trouble with the infamous blue screen in windows xp... seems to only come up when the net is running and nearly always (i think) when a P2P program is running (either a bittorent or kazaa etc.)... Have tried everything i can think of but nothing seems to work so far... HELP!!!
dave.

[Spindulik]

I never saw the blue screen of death in XP yet.

Actually , I saw what is probably a "blue screen" once, while installing XP onto a bad hard drive that had bad sectors, but it would not allow me to install it.

[zapjb]

What error code?

[dboucher]

um, sometimes it says up the top "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL"... either/or with some files listed down the bottom like CMUDA.SYS or NDIS.SYS... then it does a memory dump and i have to restart the computer...

[boyzeee]

probably a hardware or driver issue, is your cooler fan clean on your processor? could be over heating. update ya graphics drivers, have you got correct driver for your mouse and keyboard? have you done anything recently ie new modem or updated drivers at windows update? more info please ;) and as zapjb said write the code down that appears on the blue screen and tell us what it is ;)

[boyzeee]

right CMUDA.SYS is a soundcard driver for the k7s5a motherboard, is that your board? if so then its a cmedia 9738, check and make sure that is your onboard sound card and update driver with the latest HERE (ftp://ftp.ecs.com.tw/driver/sound/cmedia/uda035_w2kxp.zip) ;)

[dboucher]

computer insides are pretty new... only new thing i've done recently was getting a USB ADSL modem, which worked fine for a couple of weeks, then all of a sudden these problems... i'm waiting for it to happen again so i can get the proper code but its not!!! Murphy's law... should start doing something really important on the computer then it will happen...

[boyzeee]

If its a new modem go to the manufacturers website and download the latest driver for it, they bound to have a newer one than the one that came with the modem ;)

[dboucher]

yeh, you would think so wouldn't you, but it seems d-link have stopped supprting the '200' series... couldn't find a driver at all on their site, let alone a newer one than i've got...

[dboucher]

well, waddya know, its done it again... only a few minutes after i started emule too... funny coincidence methinks... this time though the error referred to NDIS.SYS file as being the source of the problem, or conflict... anyone know what this is linked to?

[boyzeee]

it is to do with ya network and modem, what is the make and model of your modem?

[boyzeee]

soory just seen its a d-link 200 :blink: go HERE (http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/drivers/files/modems/dsl200.htm)

;)

[ghost944]

i had the same problem a few weeks back, but good old microsoft error reporting helped me find out what was wrong and where the new drivers for the modem were ;) ;)

[RGX]

Are you using pro?

Have you got the service pack from www.windowsupdate.com?

When i used to get these errors (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) I was pointed to the service pack, installed it, and havnt heard a peep out of windows since

(well, I did have to reinstall later because i screwed up the DLL's, but thats another story)

[vivitron 15]

i have had a similar sounding error with xp from time to time, but thats cos i try to have SoulSeek/Kazaa/Kanat running simultaneously, and i try to encode films too, all of which eat resources/RAM, so it crashes in order to get some peace and quiet from me

[ttttttttt]

hey i get an unable to boot volume error


whats worng

[zapjb]

Mind reading time. Jeez what about a little data.

[MetroStars]

:lol: I used 2 get this error when i didn't turn the computer off properly...

since i started shuting down the right way... I have never had this problem

[dboucher]

i have tried updating my video/sound/usb modem... still it does it not long after i run emule... as my copy of xp is, shall we say, not entirely legit and an early version, it won't let me for some strange reason download the service pack...

[infamousalbo101]

http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png

http://www.psybermagus.ukf.net/images/bsoc.gif

http://mono211.com/ars-electronica-2k1/17.jpg

http://www.icwhen.com/entertainment/humor/bsod.jpg

http://www.poddys.com/jokes/Cartoons/777death.jpg

[exeus]

as far as updateing do a search on changing the key in xp(make your own!)
also have you tried uninstalling tcp/ip etc and all that then reinstall all the protocols you need?

[Monkeee]

:P see get XP there's no suching that as blue screen of death in XP :P

[dboucher]

no, but am d/l an updated version of xp as we speak, with sp1 included in it (corp vers).

[exeus]

you should still make your own key
and before anyone says mine works but for how long how silly do you think MS is...?
re my PM

[RGX]

Originally posted by infamousalbo101@30 October 2003 - 07:13
http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png

http://www.psybermagus.ukf.net/images/bsoc.gif

http://mono211.com/ars-electronica-2k1/17.jpg

http://www.icwhen.com/entertainment/humor/bsod.jpg

http://www.poddys.com/jokes/Cartoons/777death.jpg
LMAO, especially the pong :lol:

[Captain Nemo]

I had the same problem when running bittorent, I kept getting BSOD. I posted it in another thread some time ago.

From the bittorent FAQ,....

BitTorrent makes my machine blue screen! What should I do?


If you have a DSL modem, especially an Alcatel, you should upgrade your drivers (http://www.fastaccess.drivers.bellsouth.net/#alcatel). If you have a Linksys network card, you may have to upgrade your network card drivers (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/message/1365) as well.

[Wizzandabe]

Originally posted by RGX+30 October 2003 - 11:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RGX @ 30 October 2003 - 11:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-infamousalbo101@30 October 2003 - 07:13
http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png

http://www.psybermagus.ukf.net/images/bsoc.gif

http://mono211.com/ars-electronica-2k1/17.jpg

http://www.icwhen.com/entertainment/humor/bsod.jpg

http://www.poddys.com/jokes/Cartoons/777death.jpg
LMAO, especially the pong :lol: [/b][/quote]
LOL, I seen one in a airport once. :lol:

[DWk]

Originally posted by Monkeee@30 October 2003 - 06:26
:P see get XP there&#39;s no suching that as blue screen of death in XP :P
read up...there is, just it doesnt pop out like the one in win98... the BSOD in XP usually pops out when you have faulty drivers or hardware, usually something wrong with hardware.

[Wizzandabe]

Originally posted by DWk+30 October 2003 - 13:25--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 30 October 2003 - 13:25)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Monkeee@30 October 2003 - 06:26
:P see get XP there&#39;s no suching that as blue screen of death in XP&nbsp; :P
read up...there is, just it doesnt pop out like the one in win98... the BSOD in XP usually pops out when you have faulty drivers or hardware, usually something wrong with hardware. [/b][/quote]
Where can I read on this?
I cant see nothing about one in XP :o

[exeus]

Originally posted by Wizzandabe+30 October 2003 - 23:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Wizzandabe @ 30 October 2003 - 23:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by DWk@30 October 2003 - 13:25
<!--QuoteBegin-Monkeee@30 October 2003 - 06:26
:P see get XP there&#39;s no suching that as blue screen of death in XP :P
read up...there is, just it doesnt pop out like the one in win98... the BSOD in XP usually pops out when you have faulty drivers or hardware, usually something wrong with hardware.
Where can I read on this?
I cant see nothing about one in XP :o [/b][/quote]
go into your bios and max out the settings on your ram...that should help ya jokes :) but i have seen it and everytime was related to hardware

[dboucher]

well good news folks, don&#39;t know what i&#39;ve done, but it hasn&#39;t happened again... am using mIRC now anyway, and it kicks emule&#39;s butt big time&#33;&#33; good work team&#33;&#33;

[DWk]

anytime dude :D

DWk

[DWk]

about reading of it.... don&#39;t have an exact link, since when you get a blue screen, you read it and go to windows site and search for the error...

what you can do is goto www.google.com and search for blue screen in xp (if you want, you can add the "of death" hehehe)

DWk