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    Blue Screen of Death - how to read the error?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Flav_cool, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. Flav_cool

    Flav_cool Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, so I've been BSODing every 2 days or so. Not sure what it could be. It COULD be my undervolting, but it was perfectly stable in XP 2 weeks ago... I was using NHC to control rather than RMCLOCK though.

    Suggestions?
     
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    This is Windows 7 - you can't compare your system now to how it ran under XP, since there are no Dell Windows 7 drivers for your laptop.

    I recommend doing a vanilla install of Windows 7, then installing the Dell Vista drivers for anything that didn't work immediately after you installed Windows 7. Don't tweak anything.
     
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    personally, I would love to know the BSOD error message, because that is how we could diagnose the problem. Without it, this is a pointless exercise

    Simply saying I have a BSOD is like saying my car doesn't start...how can I fix it?
     
    gerryf19, Aug 9, 2009
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  4. Flav_cool

    Flav_cool Notebook Consultant

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    Sure thing...where do I find the code? Where are those logs it generates?
     
    Flav_cool, Aug 9, 2009
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  5. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    When you get a BSOD, write down what appears on the screen.
     
    kegobeer, Aug 9, 2009
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    STOP: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    Anything after the STOP

    You can view the errors in event viewer, so.

    right click COMPUTER, choose MANAGE, choose EVENT VIEWER > WINDOWS LOGS > SYSTEM

    find the event corresponding to the time you had the error, signified by the big RED X
     
    gerryf19, Aug 9, 2009
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    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    I had BSOD after flashing my mobo and reinstalling Win7 and for the live of my couldn't figure out where they were logged or how to read the new BSOD. Debugged the system myself only to discover I was a moron and thought that I had duplicated my OC exactly, but ended up that I forgot the set the voltage so everytime the CPU stressed it would BSOD.

    Forgot about the Windows Logs, so got use to the Problems and Solutions Center in Vista, which BTW where the heck is it in Win7?
     
    RangerXML, Aug 10, 2009
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    I believe it's the Action Center now. Look for the flag icon in the task tray.
     
    kegobeer, Aug 10, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    nirsoft has a new utility that will read and interpret mini dumps. Your system has to be propely set to record and save the mini dumps though.
     
    newsposter, Aug 11, 2009
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