Upgraded to XP, Many BSOD crashes
I'd like to pretend that I'm really happy about plugging $300 into my computer, including a clean install of XP Home, HD format, and more cooling hardware, but I am royally pissed off.
I get BSOD error messages quite often. Usually when playing games, but also running other applications, including IE, and when trying to install new drivers, and when I'm trying to find the problem! I jotted down a few of them, which I will included (yay) for reference. If I can't fix this problem myself, then I will be forced to take the blasted machine back to ASComputers and have them do it for free, or (I) go directly to jail, etc.
Some of the BSOD messages included caps text with underscores near the top (ie MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.) Some did not. Here we go with the insanity...
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
***STOP: 0x0000001A (0x00041785,0xC0C00000,0x00007575,0x00000000)
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xC711093D,0x00000000,0x805322E2,0x00000000)
No Caps text w/underscore(s)
***STOP: 0X0000008E (0xC0000005,0xBF8FB6F5,0xB6ABFC5C,0X00000000)
***win32k.sys - Address BF8FB6F5 base at BF800000, Datestamp 3db6d462
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0X0000000A (0x00000054,0x00000002,0x00000001,0x804FB00C)
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0X0000000A (0x011BD3B0,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x804F4CC2)
No Caps text w/underscore(s)
***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC000001D,0x80513A81,0xB6436B1C,0x00000000
I've installed the latest drivers from the website for everything I could think of, video card, sound card, USB printer. No yellow (!) in Device Manager.
I started getting errors before I even installed the first program after bringing the computer home. The reason why I haven't taken it back yet is because I don't have a lot of free time, and I don't intend to pay their outrageous labor costs. So I'd rather try to fix it myself than cause a serious confrontation. If anyone can help, please, and thank you.
SPECS...
American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ID: 62-0827-001437-00101111-040201-SiS735-K7S5A
Elitegroup Computer Systmems Co. Mainboard K7S5A
1.2Ghz AMD Athlon Processor
1GB Micron DDR RAM
Windows XP Home (Full Retail Version, Clean install)
30GB Western Digital HD
Samsung CD-RW 48x16x48
Sound Blaster 512PCI
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
Epson Stylus C60 printer (USB)
Intel(R) Pro/100+ PCI Ethernet Card
4 USB ports (from mobo)
Generic 3 1/2" Floppy
Post post, Post Mortem, etc...
More Messages to report:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0x0000000A (0x0000Eb23,0x00000002,0x00000001,0x804FAC1C)
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000007,0x00000002,0x00000000,0F6FA16FE)
*** portcls.sys - Address F6FA16FE base at F6Fa0000 DateStamp 3d6dc2ca
On Startup I recieved the following 1 message:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0X000000D1 (0X905131B3,0X00000002,0X00000000,0X905131B3
Will update as errors arrive...
Update, Day 3 of The BSOD Saga , 5 new Occurances
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0X0000000A (0X0000EB23,0X00000002,0X00000001,0X804FAC1C)
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***STOP: 0X000000D1 (0X00000007,0X00000002,0X00000000,0XF6FA16FE)
***PORTCLS.SYS - ADDRESS F6FA16FE base at F6FA0000, DateStamp 3d6dc2ca
No Caps text w/underscore(s)
***STOP: 0X0000008E (0xC0000005,0XBF8916F9,0XF78FEC30,0X00000000)
***win32k.sys - Address BF8196F9 base at BF800000, DateStamp 3db6d462
At this point, I removed 2 PCI cards, the ethernet and sound, and used the mainboard "onboard" equivalents...
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (on startup)
***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x0000DC40,0x00000016,0x00000000,0xF7B40B74)
***sisnic.sys - Address F7B40B74 base at ? (computer shut down, even though I had the option to restart after crash disabled...)
"This problem probably caused by win32k.sys"
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xD2644111,0x00000000,0xBF82345A,0x00000000)
***win32k.sys - Address BF82345A base at BF800000, DateStamp 3db6d462
That's all TODAY, but now I am going to school, so I'll be sure to update TOMORROW. (Scary Music)