Re: Blue Screen Of Death..
- From: Daniel Martín <mardani29@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:24:51 +0200
First of all, By default, Windows restarts itself if a stop message occurs. You can avoid that, therefore, a BSOD will be shown:
1. Open Start, Run, type (without quotes) 'sysdm.cpl' and press Enter.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under the Startup and Recovery field, press Settings.
4. Uncheck the 'Automatically restart' box.
5. Click OK.
When the computer shows a blue screen, write down all data it provides, maybe that information is enough and it could even pinpoint a device driver, so the diagnosing process is even easier.
If the blue screen does not show enough information, you could examine the dump file using WinDbg from Debugging Tools:
Open WinDbg and configure the application to download the most current symbols from MS website (the KB article that I mentioned explains this). Then, press Ctrl+D to show the Open Crash Dump dialog box and select the dmp file that XP has created (minidumps are stored by default in 'C:\Windows\Minidump' folder).
Take a look at the output, at the end of the text there may be a line that says something like 'Probably caused by :'. Well, we have a clue about the file which caused the problem, type '!analyze -v' (without quotes) and press Enter to display a more complete debug information. The 'Arguments' section could be interesting especially if it points to an IRP address (use the '!IRP 87e5a490' command if the referenced IRP address is 87e5a490, for example).
This is a general method for debugging Windows crash dump files. Unfortunately, each crash dump is different and there are not any valid steps for all of them, investigation and experimentation do the rest. Windows Debugging Tools help file will assist you to understand better all this stuff and will provide you further information.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"MEPHIST0PHELES X" <MEPHIST0PHELESX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:11B65670-BD37-4DB9-9CBE-82B10295EFF3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Daniel,
>
> Would you mind if maybe you could use Remote Assistance with me or something
> to help me out? I'm better than your average computer user, but this kind of
> stuff boggles my mind =) And I always love to learn advanced stuff about the
> thing that will make my career in the future!
>
> ~Preston
>
> "Daniel Martín" wrote:
>
>> With Debugging Tools from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx) and some information from KB article 315263 you could determine the .sys, or .dll file which is causing the BSOD.
>>
>> How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315263
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> --
>> Greetings,
>> Daniel Martín
>>
>>
>> "MEPHIST0PHELES X" <MEPHIST0PHELES X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B195A9D8-18A3-4ED5-96E9-3FF6421342BA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Wow, I'm sure we've all heard that title before o.0;; I'm having a serious,
>> > annoying problems with my Windows XP Home Edition system. I like to leave my
>> > computer on at night for a bunch of different reasons (mostly to download
>> > things). Well, just about every morning I wake up and open up my laptop, it's
>> > at the logon screen (where I left it, after hitting Switch User the night
>> > before so my cousins can't get on it). All seems well, but after I type in my
>> > password, it boots up as if it had been shut down. After this happening to me
>> > a good 10 times already, it's really starting to get annoying. Now this is
>> > what's happening. From what I've gathered together, my computer causes a
>> > "serious error" almost every night while I leave it on, and automatically
>> > reboots itself. Well, when I log on, as soon as it's done booting up, it
>> > displays the Microsoft "You're computer has just recovered from a serious
>> > error" box, and everytime I send a report (I have like 10 times already), it
>> > says "Bad dump file submitted." I'm guessing that means, it doesn't know what
>> > the heck went down with my computer? This odd "serious error" has occured
>> > many-a-times while I'm actually on it, too. The blue screen pops up out of
>> > nowhere, and I have to time to read the error or anything, because the second
>> > it comes up, my computer restarts. I don't know what the heck is going on..
>> > I'll be happy to go into more detail (if possible, haha) with someone or
>> > answer some questions about my machine or whatever. I just reaaaally hope
>> > there's some way to find a tool to tell me what's wrong, or SOMETHING-
>> > ANYTHING to help me with this. I would greatly, GREATLY appreciate it!!
>> >
>> > ~Preston
>>
.
- Prev by Date: Re: Just annoying!
- Next by Date: Re: Blue Screen Of Death..
- Previous by thread: Re: XOSL boot manager alternatives
- Next by thread: Re: Blue Screen Of Death..
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
