Tertiary Care for BSOD

I have a month long BSOD, and have followed the instructions of member
of this board in addressing it. The actions I have taken includ
performing a clean installation with the factory discs, running memtes
(negative results), running every software and hardware diagnostic on m
computer, replacing my RAM anyways, updating every driver I own as wel
as my BIOS, both from the HP website and then with Driver Detective. Th
messages I get on the BSOD vary, the two I can think of off the top o
my head are IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and PAGE_FAULT_IN_A_NONPAGED_AREA o
something to that effect. They occur with no rhyme or reason I ca
discern. They can occur when the computer is completely at rest or whe
I am actively using it. I use AVG Free but have tried uninstalling it t
no avail. I use spysweeper and spybot and I am clean according to them
This is a reasonably expensive computer (for a poor student like myself
and I am at the point of just throwing it out because nobody seems t
know what is going on and I can't use it when it shuts down on me s
frequently. If there is any pertinent information that you think coul
be useful that I am omitting, please tell me and I will reply promptly
Thank you for reading, I just don't know what to do anymore

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amadeusmozart

amadeusmozart;1105694 Wrote:
> I have a month long BSOD, and have followed the instructions of members
> of this board in addressing it. The actions I have taken include
> performing a clean installation with the factory discs, running memtest
> (negative results), running every software and hardware diagnostic on my
> computer, replacing my RAM anyways, updating every driver I own as well
> as my BIOS, both from the HP website and then with Driver Detective. The
> messages I get on the BSOD vary, the two I can think of off the top of
> my head are IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and PAGE_FAULT_IN_A_NONPAGED_AREA or
> something to that effect. They occur with no rhyme or reason I can
> discern. They can occur when the computer is completely at rest or when
> I am actively using it. I use AVG Free but have tried uninstalling it to
> no avail. I use spysweeper and spybot and I am clean according to them.
> This is a reasonably expensive computer (for a poor student like myself)
> and I am at the point of just throwing it out because nobody seems to
> know what is going on and I can't use it when it shuts down on me so
> frequently. If there is any pertinent information that you think could
> be useful that I am omitting, please tell me and I will reply promptly.
> Thank you for reading, I just don't know what to do anymore.

AM

Have you been asked to upload the dump files? they are usually
locatedin c:\windows\minidump, and if not they have the *.dmp extension.
here are some really good ppl here atanalysing them.

Ken


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zigzag3143

Thanks for the reply zigzag. If you scroll down a couple of posts, yo
will see I was asking about that very subject earlier today. I have m
most recent minidump file ready to post, I just can't post it her
because of its format. If anyone here is willing to view it, I would b
glad to upload it to whatever site you request. Thank you for you
reply

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amadeusmozart

amadeusmozart;1105709 Wrote:
> Thanks for the reply zigzag. If you scroll down a couple of posts, yo
> will see I was asking about that very subject earlier today. I have m
> most recent minidump file ready to post, I just can't post it her
> because of its format. If anyone here is willing to view it, I would b
> glad to upload it to whatever site you request. Thank you for you
> reply

A

What format is the dmp file in? If you zip it and use the attachmen
icon in reply (shaped like a paperclip) it will let you upload it.
Sorry for the dumbed down questions Im doing double duty today

Hope this help

Ke

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zigzag3143

Thanks, here you go. There are several in there from July, but the mos
recent one is from today

+-------------------------------------------------------------------
|Filename: Dump (2).zip
|Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...chmentid=14716
+-------------------------------------------------------------------

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amadeusmozart

amadeusmozart;1105728 Wrote:
> Thanks, here you go. There are several in there from July, but the mos
> recent one is from today

Cool now let me get the wizar

edit: left a message with the thread inf

Ke

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zigzag3143

I can't debug memory dumps right now (system is down), but here's
tutorial on how to generate the reports for us to look at. Just follo
it step by step and you'll be able to post the report for us to have
look at

'Diagnosing Bsod's (originally posted 02Oct08) - Vox
(http://usasma.vox.com/library/post/d...d-02oct08.html

Also, here's some stuff that you can work on while we're analyzing th
BSOD's: 'BSOD troubleshooting preliminaries - Vox
(http://usasma.vox.com/library/post/b...iminaries.html

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usasm

aka John MVP Windows - Desktop Experience
"There are very few problems in life that can't be fixed by the prope
application of high explosives"

The crash dumps don't say much.

Try typing Verifier in Start - Run and see if it catches the error with more
meaningful information.

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"amadeusmozart" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks, here you go. There are several in there from July, but the most
> recent one is from today.
>
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> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |Filename: Dump (2).zip |
> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...hmentid=14716|
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> amadeusmozart

I typed Verifier in run but all it did was tell me that I didn't have
any unsigned drivers. What exactly am I supposed to do once the driver
verifier manager is up?


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amadeusmozart

I also installed SIsoftware as was suggested, but am unsure of how to
use it to check my hardware for problems. Is anyone aware of any guides
for stupid people like me on how to use it as a diagnostic tool for
everything I can use it for?


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amadeusmozart