dv6000z random BSoD's after XP SP2 clean install

hey guys,

so i bought a new HDD a while back because i thought my current HDD was dying. i popped in the new one and do a standard clean install of XP pro, partitioning for quickplay, installing device drivers from SwSetup, getting all the microsoft updates, etc. and i thought it was fine and all, but for some reason, the laptop would randomly crash on me. i would get a blue screen and then it goes into the memory dump thing. i've seen it crash while browsing the internet, so i thought it might be a software problem. but then i've also seen it crash while i moved my mouse after idling, and it just doesn't make any sense to me. i've run chkdsk on the HDD, and there were no problems. and the old one still works, so i don't get it. is my new one defective? is it my windows install cd? is it something else? any help would be appreciated.

 

I'd had similar problems.

I reformatted in the past and it went away. I would just keep Vista.

On a side note, the new HP notebooks are designed for Vista, not XP.

 

Actually, a BSOD is common with faulty ram.

I'm running XP SP3 on my dv6500t without a hitch. I like my glorified web browser. I run Vista fine, but I load up with everything installed with 25 processes and 189mb of RAM on boot

I couldn't do that on Vista :X

If you can, homiss, run a memory test. If that runs up clean, then you most likely have a driver incompatibility issue.

 

Sure it's common. However, BSOD's can occur from any number of things. It's best to assume it is software before getting involved with hardware related issues. One step at a time.

A lot of times the computer would just freeze if it's a memory problem.

 

thanks for your suggestions, but the problem isn't fixed yet.

i have conducted ramtest on my ram from an ubuntu startup disc before, and the ram was fine. also, i'm currently using my old HDD on the same ram, and while it still crashes on occasion (once or twice a month), it is not nearly as frequent as in the new HDD with the clean install (once or twice an hour).

i got this laptop about 2 years ago and it came with XP SP2 preinstalled, and a sticker that says "Designed for Windows XP". i have attempted a vista installation on the new HDD, and it seemed successful, but was extremely sluggish, probably due to my crappy GeForce 7200. anyhow, vista just takes up way too many system resources compared to XP, so i want to stick with the OS it was designed for.

i have some more ideas that i can throw out there, but i don't think they'll be addressing the problem.
-the fact that i have gone into crash mode from moving my mouse after idling might indicate that the screensaver or something similar to that is causing the problem? it also never crashes immediately after bootup, but takes some number of minutes.
-i have run hardware diagnostics during the monthly hp tuneup and it tells me my broadcom LAN and my PCI thingy (don't quite remember what it was) are faulty. i was aware of the former, since my wireless has been funky ever since i got the notebook (i.e. it would work, and then it would not, and then it would somehow work again), but is the latter potentially the problem?
-i have also noticed that the crashes sometimes cause my wireless to switch from working to not working and vice versa. however, it is not always the case. coincidence?

i've exhausted all ideas :/

 

Use the system configuration utility to do a diagnostic/clean boot. Help for this is available in the utility.