RE: various BSOD - please help

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Great. I do suspect that my motherboad is the one to blame for my BSODs. I
recently got a new one and those BSODs started appearing.. And the most
suspicious part is the network adapter. I bought a new one just in case...

your solutions:
1) I got the last version of BIOS for my motherboard. Check.
2) Windows is updated (ok, I refuse to download SP - security issues..,
other updates are installed)
3+4) this may take a while.. my computer works fine for a few days and then
suddenly..BSOD. I'll try this a bit later. 1st step: disabling onboard LAN
5+6) all motherboard's drivers updated to latest version
7) MemTest86 shows no errors


"usasma" wrote:

> The first has to do with your network adapter (or Windows)
> The next has to do with your sound card (on-board I believe)
> The 3rd is also with your network adapter (or Windows)
> The 4th is most commonly hardware based, but can be software related
> The 5th is nearly always hardware compatibility issues (which sometimes
> means a driver issue or a need for a BIOS upgrade).
>
> So, here's what I suggest:
> 1) Flash your BIOS to the latest version (you said this is done, but check
> to be sure)
> 2) Visit Windows Update and ensure that you've got all the latest updates.
> 3) Disable your sound card (in Device Manager) until this problem is fixed
> (I had a similar problem a while back, which I blamed on the sound card -
> which wasn't at fault).
> 4) Remove any other devices which arent' absolutely necessary (my problem
> turned out to be a TV card that took a lightning strike through the coax
> cable - I replaced almost all of the system componenets before I figured it
> out!) The goal is to only have memory, video, hard drive, mouse, and
> keyboard installed.
> 5) Update your motherboard drivers (you said this is done, but check to be
> sure)
> 6) Update your Network adapter driver (you said this is done, but check to
> be sure)
> 7) Run MemTest86 from here (it's free): http://www.memtest86.com/ Any
> errors at all means a problem with your memory - Let it run for at least 2
> hours, if it encounters any errors you can close it down. Error = bad RAM.
> 8) Add the pieces from steps 3 and 4, one at a time. Checking to see which
> one causes the problem. Once you've isolated the problem, you can
> troubleshoot the device here, or you can just get a new one.

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