Let's start by saying I'm not very technical, so please be patient with me. Within the last 6 months my motherboard died. At that point we put together a new system & the only items that we didn't replace were the cd/dvd drives, sound card, ati video card, and processor. We have since replaced the video card with an nvidea one.

A couple of months ago we got the BSOD several times in a row for one day, then not at all til this week (unless the kids haven't told me about having it happen to them). They say they have gotten them several times per day every day this week. The messages say IRQL not less or equal, though the last one said Memory management. Please understand I was not home this week due to a family health crisis & only found out this was going on last night. So I may not have all the details on the symptoms.

I did look at the event viewer for errors. Here they are minus any repeats. Some look almost the same & the ATI ones repeated a lot. I know there has to be something left from the old ATI video card causing this, but I don't know how to fix that. Any clues on what is going on & what I can do about it??? I need to get this computer straightened out since our other desktop fried the motherboard recently. We need something for the kids to do homework on until we can do something about their dead computer. Thanks in advance!

I'm putting the events in a reply since the post is too long.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:56:38 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 0000001a, parameter1 00041785, parameter2 c0c00000, parameter3 000442ae, parameter4 00000000.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 0000001
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 34 31 37 38 35 2c 20 041785,
0038: 63 30 63 30 30 30 30 30 c0c00000
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 34 34 32 , 000442
0048: 61 65 2c 20 30 30 30 30 ae, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:56:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 00000019, parameter1 00000020, parameter2 e17bfcc0, parameter3 e17c0020, parameter4 0c6c029d.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 0000001
0020: 39 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 9 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 32 30 2c 20 000020,
0038: 65 31 37 62 66 63 63 30 e17bfcc0
0040: 2c 20 65 31 37 63 30 30 , e17c00
0048: 32 30 2c 20 30 63 36 63 20, 0c6c
0050: 30 32 39 64 029d

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:55:44 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The ATI Smart service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:55:44 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The Ati HotKey Poller service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:55:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 00000004, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 804e6617.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 34 2c 20 000004,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 38 30 34 65 00, 804e
0050: 36 36 31 37 6617

Event Type: Error
Event Source: sr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 1/18/2007
Time: 12:46:45 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC000007F' while processing the file 'Home Of The Braves.ini' on the volume 'HarddiskVolume2'. It has stopped monitoring the volume.

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Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 1/17/2007
Time: 7:51:02 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode " attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server:
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 1/17/2007
Time: 7:50:09 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Fips
intelppm

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/17/2007
Time: 7:45:54 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 00000024, parameter1 001902fe, parameter2 f8971b80, parameter3 f897187c, parameter4 f83a3400.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 0000002
0020: 34 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 4 Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 31 39 30 32 66 65 2c 20 1902fe,
0038: 66 38 39 37 31 62 38 30 f8971b80
0040: 2c 20 66 38 39 37 31 38 , f89718
0048: 37 63 2c 20 66 38 33 61 7c, f83a
0050: 33 34 30 30 3400

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/16/2007
Time: 8:22:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 00740075, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 804fe2db.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 37 34 30 30 37 35 2c 20 740075,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 31 2c 20 38 30 34 66 01, 804f
0050: 65 32 64 62 e2db

.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/16/2007
Time: 8:16:45 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 a4850308, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 804e6639.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 61 34 eters a4
0030: 38 35 30 33 30 38 2c 20 850308,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 31 2c 20 38 30 34 65 01, 804e
0050: 36 36 33 39 6639

Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/16/2007
Time: 3:06:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 b9b0dffc, parameter2 000000ff, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 804db973.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 62 39 eters b9
0030: 62 30 64 66 66 63 2c 20 b0dffc,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 66 66 000000ff
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 38 30 34 64 00, 804d
0050: 62 39 37 33 b973

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7034
Date: 1/16/2007
Time: 6:26:01 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The NVIDIA Display Driver Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 1/16/2007
Time: 4:56:21 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 85551740, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 80515e7b.

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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 38 35 eters 85
0030: 35 35 31 37 34 30 2c 20 551740,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 31 2c 20 38 30 35 31 01, 8051
0050: 35 65 37 62 5e7b

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Cdrom
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11
Date: 1/14/2007
Time: 1:21:36 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.

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Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b8 00 ..h...¸.
0008: 00 00 00 00 0b 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 18 3c 24 00 00 00 00 ..<$....
0028: 36 f6 0e 00 00 00 00 00 6ö......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 c4 02 00 00 00 @..Ä....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 48 02 00 40 . ..H..@
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 78 43 6f 81 ....xCo�
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 70 6f 81 .....po�
0060: 02 00 00 00 83 87 04 00 ....ƒ‡..
0068: 28 00 00 04 87 83 00 00 (...‡ƒ..
0070: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 70 00 04 00 04 83 25 0e p....ƒ%.
0080: 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 ....D...
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Cdrom
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 1/14/2007
Time: 1:21:29 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block.

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Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b8 00 ..h...¸.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....œ..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 28 19 24 00 00 00 00 .(.$....
0028: 96 f4 0e 00 00 00 00 00 –ô......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 c4 02 00 00 00 @..Ä....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 48 02 00 40 . ..H..@
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 78 43 6f 81 ....xCo�
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 70 6f 81 .....po�
0060: 02 00 00 00 19 83 04 00 .....ƒ..
0068: 28 00 00 04 83 19 00 00 (...ƒ...
0070: 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 04 83 25 0e ð....ƒ%.
0080: 00 00 00 00 11 05 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Event Type: Error
Event Source: SideBySide
Event Category: None
Event ID: 59
Date: 1/13/2007
Time: 9:23:13 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Generate Activation Context failed for C:\Program Files\MSN\MSNCoreFiles\PI\FngrPrnt.dll. Reference error message: The operation completed successfully.
.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: SideBySide
Event Category: None
Event ID: 59
Date: 1/13/2007
Time: 9:23:13 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: SideBySide
Event Category: None
Event ID: 32
Date: 1/13/2007
Time: 9:23:13 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FAMILYROOM
Description:
Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.


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