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    Asus c90 BSOD woes

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by wonton25, Dec 24, 2007.

  1. wonton25

    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    Recently, my c90 has been getting the same BSOD every hour or so. It only pops up for about 3 seconds before the laptop restarts itself, and the only thing I can get from the error is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I initially thought it was the RAM, but I've tested the RAM in two other laptops, and it works without a hitch. I've also put 2x1 GB sticks of g.skill RAM and I still get the error sceen... I've got the newest BIOS, and everything is on stock, except for the graphics card, I have it underclocked to 225/350. I have tried putting the stock clock back on, but the error screen still comes up.

    E6600 2.4 GHz
    2 GB RAM (1 stick)
    256 MB nvidia 8600GT DDR3

    Does anyone have suggestions as to what the problem could be?
     
    wonton25, Dec 24, 2007
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  2. wonton25

    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    Just ran memtest, 12 passes with no problems, so its definitely not the RAM... Maybe a driver issue?
     
    wonton25, Dec 24, 2007
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  3. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Hmm yes it's the RAM. There are about 3-4 sticks of 2GB that work in it.

    Sorry dude
     
    JCMS, Dec 24, 2007
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  4. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Did you run memtest with the ram in the C90s? as well, where are you having this problem ie; Gaming Mode/Standard mode/Power Saving?

    Hate to say it, but the C90s is currently has ram compatibility issues and only a selected few actually work.
     
    D3X, Dec 24, 2007
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  5. wonton25

    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    It's weird, I bought the RAM from Gentech, so it should work. I did test the RAM in the c90 with memtest and I have the problems in all modes with turbogear. Another problem I have is that when I want to go to power saving mode and I am plugged in, the laptop will just freeze.
     
    wonton25, Dec 24, 2007
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  6. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Is it Super Talent?
     
    JCMS, Dec 25, 2007
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    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    No, the brand is AE?...Thats what it says on the RAM stick anyways
     
    wonton25, Dec 25, 2007
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  8. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    The same thing happened to me, and Changing gfx drivers fixed it. some of the new ones for LV2G have issues.
     
    Patrick, Dec 25, 2007
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    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    Strangely enough, the past two days I haven't received a single error message. And I haven't changed the drivers or anything...
     
    wonton25, Dec 25, 2007
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    No probs here with 3 gb of Super Talent from Gentech....it's software man, conflicts...I get no BSOD's anymore because I applied every MS hotfix I could find at the download center...something fixed it, not sure which one.

    EDIT: Also updated most of drivers, sans video, from manu's websites.
     
    theZoid, Dec 25, 2007
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  11. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    interesting. You might want to look into the webcam driver, a number of us c90s users were having the BSOD with one of the driver versions if I remember correctly.
     
    D3X, Dec 26, 2007
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  12. theZoid

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    Also, boot in live Linux CD and see if you have problems....you won't :D
     
    theZoid, Dec 26, 2007
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