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    BSOD Help!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jl1989, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    So I had a thing before where i corrupted my registry files so I was forced to reinstall windows (vista x64).

    So I did, and all was good, installed drivers, restart, then windows update installed about 75 things...

    On shutdown to restart after windows update, I BSOD'd on "Motherboard reported [hardware component failure]" or something like that... How do I check the error report?? :/ And what could be wrong...
     
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Can you get an exact error message?

    Also can you start the computer? Or can't you?

    All I understand is you installed a 64Bit OS; ran Windows update -and then you get a BSOD?

    And if it says "component failure" - provided it isn't a false positive... you'd need new hardware...
     
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    What specific error codes did you get with the BSOD?
     
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  4. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    That's all I could see before it restarted.... Even though I have it set to not auto restart..

    Side note: It still starts up now, but when i try to run windows update, WMI (Windows Module Installer) always fails. and the installation freezes
     
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  5. Full-English

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    can you your minidump files.

    C:>windows>minidump>******.dmp

    I'll have a look and see what I can find.
     
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  6. jl1989

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    I can't find the folder windows/minidup in c.
     
    jl1989, Mar 30, 2009
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