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    3 BSOD's in 2 days... Since Vista SP1

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Nocturnal310, May 12, 2008.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi,

    as u all know i installed SP1 via Windows Update.
    and had reported a serious crash while transferring files.

    Today while using my Webcam i had another BSOD..and after 45 minutes while resuming from sleep mode i had the 3rd BSOD since Vista sp1.


    Any solutions? I thot SP1 is supposed to improve my system
     
    Nocturnal310, May 12, 2008
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  2. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what anti virus and other programs do you have running in the background

    some of them doesn't work or needs a patch for sp1
     
    dondadah88, May 12, 2008
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  3. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    NOD32 ver2.7
    Threatfire Anti-malware
    Comodo Firewall


    these 3.
     
    Nocturnal310, May 12, 2008
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Look into the Event Viewer logs and the WER logs, too.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, May 12, 2008
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  5. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    you most likely have a x86 vista because threatfire doesnt support x64
    i tried nod32 3.0 and it work fairly good dont know about 2.7
    im using comodo firewall

    try too run it i safe mode and see if it will crash
     
    dondadah88, May 12, 2008
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    You should consider a clean install .
    Meaning SP1 after a clean install of Vista. It will clear up all the issues.
     
    eleron911, May 12, 2008
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  7. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Are you still running any of the drivers know to conflict with SP1? You never did recieve SP1 until Microsoft put it into wide release via WU. This would indicate that there might still be a "problematic" driver on your machine. Have you verified this against the published list of drivers?

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, May 12, 2008
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    check event viewer and see what the specific problem was
    can you recreate the problem under certain circumstances?
     
    timtravel42, May 12, 2008
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    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Did you just update to sp1? Or did a fresh reinstall?
     
    Ayle, May 12, 2008
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    Yep, try recreating it :D Lol.
    This reminds me of police re-enacting car crashes,lol.
     
    eleron911, May 12, 2008
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  11. ttupa

    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    Check for updated drivers for your webcam and audio card.
     
    ttupa, May 12, 2008
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    Make sure that only one firewall is running. I am using nod32 2.7 with Windows firewall and its super stable. No problems at all.
     
    Knightendo, May 12, 2008
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  13. Nocturnal310

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    I updated ALL my drivers... except video drivers..

    Can u recommend me a stable video driver for go 6100?

    currently i am using 167 series..which is very unpopular but i got via WU too,

    Man i ve been trusting Windows update all the time..maybe thats what is screwing me?
     
    Nocturnal310, May 13, 2008
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Try another driver dude, 167.x is ancient history.
    Forget about WU, only get MS updates from there...
     
    eleron911, May 13, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    do NOT get any drivers from WU, it tends to give you the wrong drivers making everything crash or not work. Only use WU for ms updates.

    Always download from the HP website.
     
    flipfire, May 13, 2008
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    My WU it always tell me that I have the best driver, so I never listen to it.
     
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    I wouldn't go as far as to say "never get a driver from WU". Windows Update looks for the driver tested as stable with the current version of your OS plus all hardware and updates. If you say eff it, and go with the latest and greatest, you may find that a driver conflicts with another update you did. The only times I've personally seen that was with a Bluetooth driver and sound card driver for my last laptop.

    It's unlikely that a driver from WU would be the sole cause of the crash, but it doesn't hurt to try the latest update for the devices and see if they are more stable. A lot of times drivers become more stable with later releases, but MS has not had a chance to test them thoroughly.
     
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    The question is, how does WU for example knows what's the best driver for your video card? It goes to nvidia and nidia says, nope, go to see compal, and compal says nope I don't have it, then vista comes back and says "you have the best driver". There is no way for vista know which one is the best driver.
     
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  19. Nocturnal310

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    So are u suggest a Laptopvideo2go driver?

    Which is the most stable series? 169.xx ?
     
    Nocturnal310, May 14, 2008
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    dondadah88, May 14, 2008
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