Vista Ultimate BSOD seeking advice

This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a look
at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any help
appreciated, thanks

Mick

OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1
CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
MB: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
GPU: Sapphire 100249L Radeon HD 3850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR2 PCI-e 2.0
TV Turner Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
RAM: Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400)
Hard Drives: (2) WD Caviar Green 1 TB SATA Model: WD10EADS
Optical Drive: LG 6X Blu-Ray DVD-ROM SATA(GGC-H2OL)
Power Supply: SeaSonic OB-S12 550W ATX12v / EPS12v SLI
Case: Siverstone LC14B-MC ATX HTPC

Remove the second hard drive until the installation is complete and you are
actually in a working installation of Vista. Let us know whether that works
out.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Mick" <> wrote in message
news0B17842-70BF-45E6-BA80-...
> This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
> settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
> BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
> drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
> system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a
> look
> at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any
> help
> appreciated, thanks
>
> Mick
>
> OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1
> CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
> MB: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
> GPU: Sapphire 100249L Radeon HD 3850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR2 PCI-e 2.0
> TV Turner Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
> RAM: Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400)
> Hard Drives: (2) WD Caviar Green 1 TB SATA Model: WD10EADS
> Optical Drive: LG 6X Blu-Ray DVD-ROM SATA(GGC-H2OL)
> Power Supply: SeaSonic OB-S12 550W ATX12v / EPS12v SLI
> Case: Siverstone LC14B-MC ATX HTPC
>

"Mick" <> wrote in message
news0B17842-70BF-45E6-BA80-...
> This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
> settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
> BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
> drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
> system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a
> look
> at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any
> help
> appreciated, thanks
>
> Mick
>
> OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1
> CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
> MB: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
> GPU: Sapphire 100249L Radeon HD 3850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR2 PCI-e 2.0
> TV Turner Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
> RAM: Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400)
> Hard Drives: (2) WD Caviar Green 1 TB SATA Model: WD10EADS
> Optical Drive: LG 6X Blu-Ray DVD-ROM SATA(GGC-H2OL)
> Power Supply: SeaSonic OB-S12 550W ATX12v / EPS12v SLI
> Case: Siverstone LC14B-MC ATX HTPC
>

Sounds like the MBR of your disk is scrambled by so many attempts at
installs. Do This. Boot with an old Dos or Win 98 setup disk. Fdisk and
delete any non dos partitions. It will show the wrong size of the partition
but delete it anyway. Also, go back to the A:\ prompt and type fdisk /mbr.
It shows an error but do it anyway. Now you can load up Vista 64 bit.

How long did you let the Memtest Run
I would also run the Windows Memory Diag test... hit "t" key once i
starts to run advanced tests

Mem tests should not run less than 4 to 6 hours and over night i
possible

--
Tepid

Vista Ultimate is working.... with all updates including SP1.... it's just
that every now and then i get the BSOD. Doesn't depend on a certain program
running. I'm running memtest86 again, will run for 24 hours and post again.
My first run with memtest86 was overnight and showed no errors. Is there a
application i could run to check the motherboard? thanks

mick

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:eer%...
> Remove the second hard drive until the installation is complete and you
> are actually in a working installation of Vista. Let us know whether that
> works out.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
> www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Mick" <> wrote in message
> news0B17842-70BF-45E6-BA80-...
>> This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
>> settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
>> BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
>> drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
>> system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a
>> look
>> at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any
>> help
>> appreciated, thanks
>>
>> Mick
>>
>> OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1
>> CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
>> MB: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
>> GPU: Sapphire 100249L Radeon HD 3850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR2 PCI-e 2.0
>> TV Turner Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
>> RAM: Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400)
>> Hard Drives: (2) WD Caviar Green 1 TB SATA Model: WD10EADS
>> Optical Drive: LG 6X Blu-Ray DVD-ROM SATA(GGC-H2OL)
>> Power Supply: SeaSonic OB-S12 550W ATX12v / EPS12v SLI
>> Case: Siverstone LC14B-MC ATX HTPC
>>
>

Tepid, i'll run memtest for 24 hours and then windows memory test and report
back, thanks.

mick
"Tepid" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> How long did you let the Memtest Run.
> I would also run the Windows Memory Diag test... hit "t" key once it
> starts to run advanced tests.
>
> Mem tests should not run less than 4 to 6 hours and over night if
> possible.
>
>
> --
> Tepid

"Mick" <> wrote in message
news0B17842-70BF-45E6-BA80-...
> This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
> settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
> BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
> drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
> system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a
> look
> at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any
> help
> appreciated, thanks
>
> Mick
disconnect all hard drives apart from the ones you are installing onto
also knock down your memory to 2gb
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A cautionary tale:

On an older problem computer that I had, I ran both memtest86 and drmem
(not sure I recall the correct name for Drmem) for hours each with no
errors reported. But I kept believing that there really was a memory
problem, so I removed one of the sticks and the BSODs stopped happening. I
replaced both sticks and lived happily ever after (or something).

YMMV, of course.

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:52:50 -0800, Mick wrote:

> Vista Ultimate is working.... with all updates including SP1.... it's just
> that every now and then i get the BSOD. Doesn't depend on a certain program
> running. I'm running memtest86 again, will run for 24 hours and post again.
> My first run with memtest86 was overnight and showed no errors. Is there a
> application i could run to check the motherboard? thanks
>
> mick
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <> wrote in message
> news:eer%...
>> Remove the second hard drive until the installation is complete and you
>> are actually in a working installation of Vista. Let us know whether that
>> works out.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
>> www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "Mick" <> wrote in message
>> news0B17842-70BF-45E6-BA80-...
>>> This is my 100th attempt at installing Vista, first 64 bit and finally
>>> settled on the 32 bit version with SP1. I continue to get the dreaded
>>> BSOD.... What i've done.... fresh format, new install... updated ALL
>>> drivers with the most current versions. Ran chckdsk, memtest86, and ran
>>> system file checker.... all have checked out okay. Could someone take a
>>> look
>>> at my last two minidump files and point me in the right direction? Any
>>> help
>>> appreciated, thanks
>>>
>>> Mick
>>>
>>> OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1
>>> CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
>>> MB: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
>>> GPU: Sapphire 100249L Radeon HD 3850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR2 PCI-e 2.0
>>> TV Turner Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
>>> RAM: Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR SDRAM 800 (PC2 6400)
>>> Hard Drives: (2) WD Caviar Green 1 TB SATA Model: WD10EADS
>>> Optical Drive: LG 6X Blu-Ray DVD-ROM SATA(GGC-H2OL)
>>> Power Supply: SeaSonic OB-S12 550W ATX12v / EPS12v SLI
>>> Case: Siverstone LC14B-MC ATX HTPC
>>>
>>


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