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    A8Jp blue screen of death.

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by topdog, Apr 27, 2007.

  1. topdog

    topdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I've noticed lately that windows takes forever to start up (even from hibernation). I'm pretty sure it's trying to load the wireless console which is switched off as I am using ethernet when I'm in my room. I'm thinking it's a driver issue but I'll see If you have any other Ideas.

    Lately when I startup from Hibernation, a blue screen of death pops up and the laptop restarts. It's very quick so I don't get a chance to read the screen, however upon return to windows a Trend Micro screen appears saying "your system has just recovered from a critical error". Virus scans reveal nothing.

    Cheers for your time.
     
    topdog, Apr 27, 2007
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  2. stamar

    stamar Notebook Prophet

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    um go to device manager and disable the wireless card and see if that fixes it.
     
    stamar, Apr 27, 2007
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    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    Almost all the time you get the blue screen of death the message "your system has recovered from a critical error" appears. It has nothing to do with a virus. Blue screens are caused by a driver or hardware failure. You could also try going into the BIOS and disabling the wireless card.
     
    Jason, Apr 27, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    ASsuming you're using XP:

    To see precisely what is wrong, hit Windows+Break, go to System / Advance / Startup and Recovery, and uncheck all three checkboxes (especially automatically restart).

    In this way, the system will keep showing the BSOD and you'll be able to read the information, most likely that information will identify a driver file and you'll have a clearer idea what's wrong.
     
    E.B.E., Apr 27, 2007
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  5. topdog

    topdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I unchecked the boxes and had a read. It hasn't given me anything clear. Here's what I got

    Technical Information:

    *** STOP: 0x40000080 (0x899D7ADO, 0x89054120, 0xBACD3D8C, 0x00000001)


    Hopefully someone knows what that is, I can't make heads or tails of it :(
     
    topdog, Apr 27, 2007
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    topdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Error still occurs with wireless card off. Loading on startup takes a good 10 min. This is crazy. Are there any log files so I can find out the exact problem.
     
    topdog, Apr 28, 2007
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    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Try running your minidump (C:\WINDOWS\Minidump) through WinDbg if you get the chance to download it and figure it out. If not, post the dump here and I'll run it through mine.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Apr 29, 2007
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    Thanks for the help guys. Vista arrived today so I've done a fresh install and am going to make a ghost image to fall back on. Hopefully this is the end of my troubles. Now I'm on to get the drivers working for the x1700, wish me luck :eek:
     
    topdog, Apr 30, 2007
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