Hey all.
I purchased a ProStar 5604 laptop a little over 1 year ago (out of warranty now!).
Until 2 weeks ago, the system ran fine; I.e. no BSODs.
Now, I get random BSODs daily, despite reinstalling windows (full reformat) every 2-6 hours.
I've got the exact same software, drivers, etc. installed in the new win2k installation, so I think it's safe to assume that for once Windows is not the problem ;--)
I ran memtest86 & Windows Memory Diagnostic tools for @4 hours each -- no errors found.
I ran Maxtor harddrive test utility for @4 hours; I.e. through multiple test cycles -- no errors.
If Windows is fine; hard drive's fine; RAM is fine; then presumably it must be the motherboard?
Stop errors are usually of the 0xA (IRLQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL), 0x51 (REGISTRY_ERROR) flavors, although there have been at least 3 others as well.
I've got a couple of Dumps for the Stack Trace gurus out there (see attached)
Have been just frying my eyes trying to pin down what the source of the problem is -- uggghhhhhh...
Any ideas?
Thanks!
--Noah
I purchased a ProStar 5604 laptop a little over 1 year ago (out of warranty now!).
Until 2 weeks ago, the system ran fine; I.e. no BSODs.
Now, I get random BSODs daily, despite reinstalling windows (full reformat) every 2-6 hours.
I've got the exact same software, drivers, etc. installed in the new win2k installation, so I think it's safe to assume that for once Windows is not the problem ;--)
I ran memtest86 & Windows Memory Diagnostic tools for @4 hours each -- no errors found.
I ran Maxtor harddrive test utility for @4 hours; I.e. through multiple test cycles -- no errors.
If Windows is fine; hard drive's fine; RAM is fine; then presumably it must be the motherboard?
Stop errors are usually of the 0xA (IRLQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL), 0x51 (REGISTRY_ERROR) flavors, although there have been at least 3 others as well.
I've got a couple of Dumps for the Stack Trace gurus out there (see attached)
Have been just frying my eyes trying to pin down what the source of the problem is -- uggghhhhhh...
Any ideas?
Thanks!
--Noah