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    What does this mean?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Nabber, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. Nabber

    Nabber Newbie

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    My computer frequently crashes and when it restores I get this message:



    Problem caused by Device Driver

    You received this message because a device driver installed on your computer caused the Windows operating system to stop unexpectedly. This type of error is referred to as a "stop error." A stop error requires you to restart your computer.

    More information

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    Problem report summary


    Problem type
    Windows stop error (a message appears on a blue screen with error code information)

    Solution available?
    No

    What does this problem mean?
    Windows has encountered a problem it cannot recover from and it needs to be restarted

    Cause
    Unknown

    Computer symptoms
    A message appears on a blue screen with error code information (for example: 0x0000001E, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)

    Additional steps for you to take
    Please continue to send problem reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the problem as quickly as possible

    Is there anything I can do to prevent this type of crash?
    The error message that it refers to only flashes for a quick second so that I am unable to see what else it says.
     
    Nabber, Sep 8, 2007
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  2. Inkjammer

    Inkjammer Notebook Deity

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    It sounds like one of your drivers may have a bug or incompatibility with Windows. Have you attempted to update and refresh your drivers? That may help, but unfortuantely it doesn't give you much information as to what lead up to the crash.
     
    Inkjammer, Sep 8, 2007
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  3. shaheenarshan

    shaheenarshan Notebook Deity

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    windows as greeat as ever
    perfect messages!!! :p
    well have u updated your drivers recently or tried to?
    well if not try reinstalling your drivers by downlaoding them from the official support site maybe that would help
     
    shaheenarshan, Sep 8, 2007
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  4. Nabber

    Nabber Newbie

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    Okay...so I don't know much about computers at all. I suspect it is my external hard drive causing the problems. How do I go about re-installing a driver for it?
    I believe it is a Fujitsu MHS204ATD.
     
    Nabber, Sep 9, 2007
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  5. enchart

    enchart Newbie

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    What brings you to the conclusion that it could be your External drive?

    Your External drive, is it connected Via USB?
    If it is USB, is it 1.1 or 2.0. Maybe a conflict there.
    As far as I know USB externals are plug and play. XP should load drivers automaticly.
     
    enchart, Jan 1, 2008
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  6. lokster

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    3 questions

    what is your windows?
    what have you installed recently? hardware or software?
    what the heck is your computer?
     
    lokster, Jan 1, 2008
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