blue screens/lockups/fatal errors

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

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" <> wrote in message
news:EAFEED26-2342-4AD0-8A15-...
> 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

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:

> 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" <> wrote in message
> news:EAFEED26-2342-4AD0-8A15-...
> > 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
>

Eric wrote:
> 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

>>
>> "Eric" <> wrote in message
>> news:EAFEED26-2342-4AD0-8A15-...
>>> 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.


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
known-working one for a quick answer to that.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

which vista board should i go to for help with this matter?

"Malke" wrote:

> Eric wrote:
> > 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
>
> >>
> >> "Eric" <> wrote in message
> >> news:EAFEED26-2342-4AD0-8A15-...
> >>> 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.
>
>
> 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
> known-working one for a quick answer to that.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

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.