Blue screen of death - how to cure it?

• Rewrite

  16 Mar 08, 08:29

  as above, windows vista home, acer. thanks

• ndmmxiaomayi

  16 Mar 08, 14:46

  Do me a favour by doing the following. If it BSOD again, note down all details.

  To note down the errors, you need to prevent Windows from automatically restarting your PC.

  1. Click on Start > Control Panel and double click on System. Can't find System, please switch to the Classic view.

  2. Click on the Advanced system settings link on the left. If UAC prompts, allow it.

  3. Under Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button.

  4. Under System Failure, untick Automatically Restart box. Click OK all the way to apply the changes.

  When noting down the errors, I need these details:

  a. STOP 0 x 8 alphanumeric (e.g 0 x 000000D1)

  b. Error type (e.g DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL)

  c. File name (e.g kbd.sys)

  

  Picture for you to refer. Those boxed up in red are the details that we need.

• Irsa9874

  22 Mar 08, 14:49

  I hv this on my screen....pls help!

  IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  STOP: OxOOOOOOOA (OxC1O4O27E, OxOOOOOOO2, OXOOOOOOOO, Ox8O580A44)

• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Mar 08, 17:41

  Kindly read the Posting Guidelines.

  Post the details required.

• OasisBlue

  5 Apr 08, 18:27

  I just encountered this problem. (lots of problem with my pc these days)

  • My operating system is XP.
    I wasn''t running any file.
    
  • I was doing nothing on the computer as i was leaving my house for an errand. The pc was left being switched on, and before i left everything was ok. I only saw the BSOD when i came home.
    
  • downloaded oogle updater, installed spybot search and destroy.
    

  Here's a picture i took of the screen.

  

   

  This is what i got. Sorry can't get any info about the file, code or something. It was like this (splitted into 2 parts) when i came home.

• ndmmxiaomayi

  5 Apr 08, 22:12

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137539

  According to MS, that's a kernel mode trap error. Since you are having this error... you will need to check your hardware.

  1. Shut down your computer. Wait for at least 1 minute.

  2. Remove the CPU casing. Take out all sticks of RAM, leaving one stick. Wait for at least 1 minute again and start up the computer.

  If nothing happens... try with another stick.

  Then try both sticks of RAM together. Swap the RAM sticks around to see if there are problems. Do this until you get hit with the same error.

• OasisBlue

  5 Apr 08, 22:51

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137539

  According to MS, that's a kernel mode trap error. Since you are having this error... you will need to check your hardware.

  1. Shut down your computer. Wait for at least 1 minute.

  2. Remove the CPU casing. Take out all sticks of RAM, leaving one stick. Wait for at least 1 minute again and start up the computer.

  If nothing happens... try with another stick.

  Then try both sticks of RAM together. Swap the RAM sticks around to see if there are problems. Do this until you get hit with the same error.

  Thanks... but i am afraid i will spoil the pc due to lack of experience.

• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Apr 08, 00:45

  Originally posted by OasisBlue:

  Thanks... but i am afraid i will spoil the pc due to lack of experience.

  If don't know... can bring to a PC shop and ask them to test for you...

• joker105

  6 Apr 08, 00:49

  try summonin a phoenix

  

• OasisBlue

  6 Apr 08, 10:37

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  If don't know... can bring to a PC shop and ask them to test for you...

  
  ok thanks.