2 BSOD's last week and now a system error on boot-up

Bowdon

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Hi all,

I'm using WinXP Pro SP3.

Recently I started getting a blue screen with my computer last week. It only seemed to happen when I visited facebook. Going back through my routine I realised I had just done an update of Internet Download Manager, and upon searching the internet saw one of their tech guys had posted on Lavasoft's Adaware forum that they had detected a conflict between the 2 problems. So because I didnt use Adaware anymore I uninstalled it.

The problem appeared to have been resolved, no more blue screens.

Then today I turn on my pc and when everything appears to load up a pop up message saying a critical error had occured and having looked in the event viewer it give these codes:


Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Error code 100000d1, parameter1 00000014, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 b402d875.

When one of my programs needed to reboot to complete its update I decided, after I'd virus scanned, to shutdown and then start back up.. the computer hanged at the bios page and looking at the logs I got 2;

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7009
Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Roxio Hard Drive Watcher 12 service to connect.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Lbd

I'm not sure if these 2 errors are connected to the first system error but I thought I'd include them.

I did a soft re-boot by holding the power button on and the PC booted up normally.

I'm not sure how to do the minidump. I did follow instructions from symantec's website but it didnt seem to work. When I checked the directory it only contains 2 files; user.dmp at 61KB last modified on the 26th of October 2010 (last month) and drwtsn32.log which is 9,020kb last modified 3rd of November 2010.

P.S.

I think I found 2 minidumps in another directory from when I had the blue screens reboots last week. I'll attach them. Not sure if they are relavent or not.

Thanks for any help anyone can give.
 

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Your issue is with the Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Controller ndis miniport driver L151x86.sys.

Did you build this system or was it prebuilt like a Dell, etc.?
 
No, I bought it custom made from a site called cube247 (based in UK) in 2008.

What do you suggest I can do?
 
Go to Gigabyte's website and find your exact motherboard. Update your motherboard drivers from there.
 
Thanks for the help mate :)

Now.. I wonder if there is a program that will tell me the make/model of the motherboard without opening up the PC. I did find out the serial number using Belarc Adviser.
 
Yes, there is a nifty, free, and quite safe utility called SIW (System Information for Windows). Download and install. When you run it on the left side of the screen will be a menu. Click on the motherboard icon. In the larger right half the information will be given.

It is a great utility.
 
Yes that program is better than the other system information program I was using. Ok I selected motherboard and it came back with this;

Property Value
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model M3A
Version Rev 1.xx
Serial Number MF7084G01301151

North Bridge ATI 770 Revision 00
South Bridge ATI SB600 Revision 00

CPU AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
Cpu Socket Socket AM2+ (940)

System Slots 6 PCI

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 8192 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None

Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed.

Using that knowledge on the Gigabyte site in the downloads section I selected Motherboard -> Socket AM2+ -> but now its asking me for the chipset. Where do I find this? The options in the drop down menu is;

AMD 790GX, AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, AMD 785G, AMD 780G, AMD 770, AMD 760G, NVIDIA GeForce 8200, NVIDIA GeForce 8100, NVIDIA nForce 720D, NVIDIA 750a SLI

Are these referring to the graphic's card? If so my video card is GeForce 8500 GT. So what should I put in the chipset part?

Sorry if these questions are very simple.. I've not done this level of tech stuff for years.
 
According to PC Wizard 2008 program the chipset is AMD RD790 which doesnt really help me as far as the menu's.. I can see i'm going to have to open up the pc case. I'm amazed gigabyte dont have their own program to quickly get the full details of their motherboard.
 
It looks like it is a 790 chipset. Did they supply you with a motherboard manual? They should have.

And, no, those numbers do not refer to graphics cards.
 
Ok,

I found the motherboard manual and it seems to be an ASUS M3A

The manual has 12 languages, none of them english. But there is a diagram of the motherboard in each section. So I've copied the main page from the french section.

Based off these settings I went to the ASUS website, went to the download section. Selected Motherboard, then selected Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3, then selected the model as M3A. Then it asked me my OS so I selected WinXP and it took me to a list of 49 files found;

Qualified Vender List (1)
BIOS (12) [BIOS History]
BIOS Utilities (3)
Chipset (2)
AUDIO (2)
LAN (5)
Utilities (13)
Manual (11)

Does this seem like I'm on the right path here?

I'll include the french pages of the manual in the attached files.

Thanks for your help :)
 

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A BIOS update might be in order. However, before doing so, what are the two Chipset offerings and 13 Utilities offerings?
 
Ok here are the chipset and Utilities offerings;

Chipset (2)

Version 5.10.1000.7

Description: AMD Chipset Driver V5.10.1000.7 for Windows XP & Windows 64bit XP.
File Size: 6.13 (MBytes) 2007/11/13 update

Version 2.5.1540.39

Description: AMD RAID/AHCI Controller Driver V2.5.1540.39 Windows XP & Windows 64bit XP.
File Size: 1.53 (MBytes) 2007/11/13 update

Utilities (13)

Version -
Description: ATK0110 driver for WindowsXP/Vista/Win7 32&64-bit
File Size: 119.88 (KBytes) 2009/12/07 update

Version KB888111

Description: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 HD Audio Patch KB888111
File Size: 2.87 (MBytes) 2009/06/10 update

Version 2.17.11

Description: ASUS Cool&Quiet V2.17.11 for Windows 2000/XP & 64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista.
File Size: 5.74 (MBytes) 2009/01/16 update

Version 1.04.53

Description: ASUS PC Probe II V1.04.53 Install Program for Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Vista 32bit/64bit.
File Size: 8.2 (MBytes) 2008/08/29 update

Version 1.3.2.0053

Description: AMD Cool n Quiet Driver V1.3.2.0 (1.3.2.0053) for Windows XP & 64bit XP.(WHQL)
File Size: 7.03 (MBytes) 2008/08/18 update

Version -
Description AMD Raid Xpert.
File Size: 70.6 (MBytes) 2008/07/04 update

Version 7.14.02
Description: ASUS Update V7.14.02 Install Program for Windows 2000/XP & 64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista.
File Size: 9.79 (MBytes) 2008/05/09 update

Version 2.17.06
Description: ASUS Cool''n''Quiet Utility V2.17.06 for Windows XP/XP 64bit/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit
File Size: 5.51 (MBytes) 2008/04/18 update

Version 7.13.04
Description: ASUS Update V7.13.04 Install Program for Windows 2000, 2003, XP (32 & 64 bit)
File Size: 8.61 (MBytes) 2007/12/17 update

Version 1.00.18
Description: ASUS AI Gear2 V1.00.18 for Windows 2000/XP & 64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista.
File Size: 2.78 (MBytes) 2007/09/24 update

Version 1.00.18
Description: ASUS ASUS AI Nap V1.00.18 for Windows 2000/XP & 64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista.
File Size: 2.3 (MBytes) 2007/09/24 update

Version 1.00
Description: Microsoft KB817900 USB fail to enter S3 patch file for Windows XP
File Size: 0.25 (KBytes) 2007/08/15 update

Version 1043.2.15.37
Description: ACPI driver for ATK 0110 virtual device version 1043.2.15.37 for Windows 2000 / XP (32bit and 64bit) / 2003 (32bit & 64bit) / VISTA (32bit & 64bit)
File Size: 837.17 (KBytes) 2007/07/10 update

Also I should add that the BIOS screen seems to be password protected. I'd have to try and request the password from the people who made the PC. I'm assuming I'll need to go in to the BIOS for these kind of utilities?
 
Well I thought that I'd figured out the problem when I finally fully removed the remains of Lavasoft's adaware program.

Can someone have a look at this minidump to see if its the same cause of the last minidumps I uploaded?

Thanks :)
 

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I do not know and therefore I wouldn't even want to vernture a guess.

Did you try any of the ASUS updates?
 
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