supersteven Posted December 9, 2006 CID Share Posted December 9, 2006 So I got this new computer built about a week ago and since then I have gotten more BSOD's than I had ever seen before that. I'm running Windows XP Pro, it is fully updated as well. These BSODs pop up at seemingly random times. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 9, 2006 CID Share Posted December 9, 2006 http://www.memtest86.com/ Download that onto a floppy, and make sure it isn't the ram giving you trouble... More info would help too...What kind of machine/motherboard/soundcard/etc... It could be a driver conflict, bad memory, bad hd sector, and I've even had a bad HD cable give me BSOD's...Try the memory test first and eliminate that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 9, 2006 I ahve an Asus A8R32MVP mobo, Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic sound card, and an ATI X1900 video card And thanks, I'll do that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 9, 2006 CID Share Posted December 9, 2006 make sure you have all of the system drivers installed.. and that would include the chipset drivers... I have seen BSOD on my dell without the intel chipset driver installed if I forgot to turn off the wifi the system would crash because of the driver.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 9, 2006 CID Share Posted December 9, 2006 Do you have the VIA chipset? (my asus board does, but it is a different model) If so, http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2 will have the chipset drivers you need if they are not already installed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 10, 2006 CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 I would install everything for your motherboard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 I'm trying to find chipset drivers for mine right now. I just hit the ASUS website and found one driver I didn't have. Don't know exactly what it's for but I'm downloading it right now. My chipset is the Crossfire Xpress 3200 one. Edit: That was for some PC Probe program. Don't know why that was in the Drivers section. Anyway, I can't find those chipset drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 10, 2006 CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 alright are you running their version of the LAN driver? If it crashes again can you pull the error number from the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yes I am. And that I will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 Ok I just got one and it said something like this: RIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL There may have been 1 letter in front of the R. It was cut off my screen. Here's the other thing: STOP: 0X000000D1(0X00000081, 0X00000002, 0X0000000, 0X8A3BB668) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 10, 2006 CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 Probably was DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Looks like a driver problem... Try looking in Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer/System - it should show you red exclamations(errors) in the list...You can double click on the errors, and follow the microsoft link to see if they have any info available. It should also help you to determine which piece of hardware or which driver is causing you problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 11, 2006 I found like 4 errors in a row from my LAN driver(Which I swear I updated). I just updated that so hopefully this helps the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok I'm still getting them. I know I have not intalled chipset drivers but I can't find them anywhere(ASUS site, ATI site, disc). I have the Crossfire Xpress 3200 chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 13, 2006 CID Share Posted December 13, 2006 http://drivers.softpedia.com/progDownload/Asus-ARMVP-DELUXE-Download-14478.html These may be the drivers..Not 100% sure though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 14, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 I think these might be it. The folder contained one ROM file that I am trying to install right now. OK I found that the motherboard resources section doesn't have drivers but when I try to install that driver, the system doesn't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 you can go here http://www.driveragent.com/ and run a scan. I'm not sure how much info they give you on the free scan, but I believe it should help you narrow it down a bit... I run x64 XP Pro, and they always have the best drivers, and the links for all of them...Helps me a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2006 you can go here http://www.driveragent.com/ and run a scan. I'm not sure how much info they give you on the free scan, but I believe it should help you narrow it down a bit... I run x64 XP Pro, and they always have the best drivers, and the links for all of them...Helps me a great deal. Will do right now. Sorry I didn't respond earlier, internet was out last night. It's been a great week. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2006 Ok I installed some ones that it seems I missed, including an IDE one and another SATA controller one I think. Hopefully this fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 19, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 19, 2006 Ok, it's still happening. The driveragent keeps saying my LAN drivers are bad, even though I have kept updating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 20, 2006 CID Share Posted December 20, 2006 Are you updating the lan drivers through windows update? I had a problem with one of thier lan drivers for my onboard. I had to get different drivers, and ignore their update. Are you still getting errors in your log too? What kind of NIC is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 21, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 21, 2006 Are you updating the lan drivers through windows update? I had a problem with one of thier lan drivers for my onboard. I had to get different drivers, and ignore their update. Are you still getting errors in your log too? What kind of NIC is it? No, I'm updating them through the ASUS site. Yes, I'm still getting errors. I'm using the onboard NIC on my mobo. It's a Marvell Yukon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 21, 2006 CID Share Posted December 21, 2006 Ok, since you haven't tried the microsoft drivers yet, try this... Goto Microsoft Update and do a Custom Update. There should be drivers under hardware for your onboard nic. Try those... Or try these http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=116&pId=3 Sometimes the Asus site is a little behind as far as drivers go... I'm using the same onboard nic as you, and I have had those errors before. But I am also running x64 and running it in a network bridge with my D-Link card, so who knows.....I believe it is just the driver you are using...That is why driver agent is telling you there is a better driver most likely... Try the windows update driver first, then if problem persists, try the second link.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 22, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2006 Am doing right now. Thanks a ton for the help, by the way. You're a Godsend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted December 22, 2006 CID Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thanks for the nice words supersteven. I am sure Voltage will be glad to hear it. Plus Voltage has been upgraded to Sophist Member for his hard work and contributions to the site as well as his friendly and positive personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersteven Posted December 22, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2006 Ok it didn't have anything about my LAN driver, but it didn't like my SATA controller one and updated that. Hopefully this helps. And yeah, this site is amazing. It's the only tech forum I've been to where people don't get yelled at to search for old topics when they have problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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