Why is T60 suddenly going to blue screen/memory dump?

Just bought a very expensive Lenovo T60
laptop. The thing is loaded! A T2600
dual-core processor, 2 gigs ram and a 128
graphics card.

Imagine my surprise yesterday when after
loading in my Logitech notebook videocam
software and running it -- the computer went
to blue screen stating (among other things)
it was dumping memory.

In fact, it continued to do this after several
reboots until I uninstalled the Logitech webcam
drivers.

At this point, I can still USE the Logitech
webcam on my laptop, but can't have it load the
drivers at startup. After I do use it and shut
dowm, the computer goes to blue screen and dumps
memory.

Why is it doing this?! With 2GB of memory in
my system I would expect there's plenty of memory
available here.

I will admit I have my desktop video resolution
set to HIGH (32 bit) instead of MID (16 bit) and
perhaps, if you feel I should do so, I can put
that setting down lower.

My laptop has the exact same configuration as
my desktop as far as system and video memory as
well as dual-core processor. The desktop handles
everything I run on it with no problems. Just
trying to figure out why an attempt to run the
videocam is causing a blue screen/memory dump.

Should I begin by bringing my desktop resolution
back down to 16 bit (MID setting)?

 

Next time the bluescreen comes up, there should be a code with a bunch of numbers and letters and a more specific description. Write that down and post it and we can try to help.

 

you should never have to run at the mid setting.

could be a driver conflict at startup with another process.

 

Why do you think that color depth has anything to do with it?

Driver conflicts may happen, sometimes randomly. I once had a strange event - Installed XP, installed a bunch of drivers and programs, and then went to install the HP printer software. Bang! XP crashed and couldn't be revived at all. Had to reinstall from scratch. Installed drivers and printer software. No problems and maybe one crash in a year and a half since then.

If all else fails, try to revert to factory default, then install the camera software again. It may work.

 

Hmm you assume that a loaded system is a stable system. Sometimes, faster parts lead to system instabilities as they generate more heat and aren't sold as often.

If you record the blue screen error you can post it here or run it by the Microsoft Knowledge base website to find the exact type of hardware faliure. Back when I built my PC I had a bluescreen, isolated the problem and returned the faulty RAM.