More BSOD's than normal... Gateway Laptop... Please help =(

[Slody4Futbol]

Yeah I have searched and searched but lately I'm getting more and more of the blue screens... I've done a full restore and to no avail... added a 512mb stick of ram... still blue screens... i can be at work all day and have the laptop on... and i RARELY get any screens... but at work i only use winamp... and occasionally internet... at home i use internet (firefox or i.e.) AIM... winamp... and i get blue screens often... I am not good at analyzing these minidump files so if someone could help i'd really appreciate it

Cody

 

[Slody4Futbol]

i hope i did that right... i attached 3 minidumps per zip file... if you need anything else or need me to change the files just let me know... thanks again

i also read the sticky... i defragged and did that pagefile thing as well... i downloaded everest but didn't know what to do with it...

 

[hnsexeter]

Hi there,

I've had a look at your minidumps

I would go through this process.

1) update your BIOS
2) update all your drivers - especially graphics, motherboard, in particular USB Host controller / chipset drivers / onboard sound etc
3) make sure windows is bang up to date with all updates
4) do a memtest on your RAM, if there are bugs replace it, if it doesnt show any bugs replace it anyway!
5) Do a full virus / spyware / malware check - although I'm certain you have hardware failure of some kind
6) If this hasn't sorted the problem out, you're looking at a processor failure, far too costly to replace - you might as well buy a new laptop

Hope all that helps

Chris
www.pcpoorly.com

 

[Slody4Futbol]

i sent an e-mail to esupport.com fora bios update... i couldn't find one otherwise... i downloaded a few drivers from gateways website for now... about to head to work so hopefully i can download more if i get freetime there today... i uninstalled my bluetooth usb adapter... that's when i started getting that bugcode_usb_driver bsod... if it's the processor... i see some of the AMD Mobile Athlon 3400+ processorson ebay for $100 and less... is it hard to replace a processor in a laptop? i've worked on desktops plenty but this is my first laptop

 

[hnsexeter]

I personally wouldn't touch a processor on a laptop

1) When you open the laptop its like a clam shell with connectors connecting the top and bottom half of boards - that pop out when you open them

2) Even if you could get a detailed manual for the Gateway it will take alot of hours, very fiddly work and alot of headbanging

But hey it depends how patient you are

 

[Slody4Futbol]

now i thought i had updated every driver already... but after the posts on here i went back... updated the amd power now driver... the motherboard driver... and the video driver... and ran my laptop for 3 days straight with no blue screens... even found an old unreal video game disc and played around with it... while listening to music... and everythings good... thanks everyone

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

How many BSODs a day is considered "normal" these days?