Memory Upgrade: Install Additional 2Gb, I Get A Blue-screen Every Time I Boot
Mar 23, 2008
Am running Vista 64 Business on XFX 680i Sli LT with 2Gb ram, Quad core 6600, 600GT video. System runs fine, but I want more memory to help performance. When I try to install additional 2Gb, I get a blue-screen every time I boot (some blue screens have an IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL, most have no error msg). Is there a way to determine if my installation of Vista already has this installed? I've already checked the Control Panel/Windows Update/Review Update History, it's not in there, I thought it may be in the core install on the DVD?
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Jun 28, 2008
I've been browsing the forum watching several posts on Windows Vista and 4Gb memory issues, but couldn't find a solution. I have a Sony Vaio NR210FH. I upgraded memory to 4 Gb (2 x 2Gb). BIOS recognizes ok, but Vista Home Basic doesn't start. If I only use one 2Gb, it works ok.
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Mar 23, 2008
So my HP started acting up, it's dual boot XP/Vista. I used the boot recovery dvd's from HP to attempt to re-install XP. It caused a blue screen, and messed up the boot sector so I can't now get to Vista either. So after a few hours I finally gave up trying to save the data and went for a full recovery (reformat-install XP clean) that toolead to a blue screen So I finally get Vista to install fresh (wouldn't allow me to install w/my code, said I had to be in windows to use the code.) So I install Visa w/o a code, go to activate and says this had to be an upgrade! technally it still is! So I go to try to find an e-mail or ph for MS and they say $59 to talk to someone! That is BS! If I could get the boot recovery to work I'd go back to XP and never look at vista again! Is there anyway I'm going to be able to save this machine? I'm going to try to contact HP, but have little faith as it's over a year old now, but I'm sure they'd gladly sell me a boot dvd! I relize the first message was in the wrong group.
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Mar 26, 2008
So my HP started acting up, it's dual boot XP/Vista. I used the boot recovery dvd's from HP to attempt to re-install XP. It caused a blue screen, and messed up the boot sector so I can't now get to Vista either. So after a few hours I finally gave up trying to save the data and went for a full recovery (reformat-install XP clean) that too lead to a blue screen So I finally get Vista to install fresh (wouldn't allow me to install w/my code, said I had to be in windows to use the code.) So I install Visa w/o a code, go to activate and says this had to be an upgrade! technally it still is! So I go to try to find an e-mail or ph for MS and they say $59 to talk to someone! That is BS! If I could get the boot recovery to work I'd go back to XP and never look at vista again!
Is there anyway I'm going to be able to save this machine? I'm going to try to contact HP, but have little faith as it's over a year old now, but I'm sure they'd gladly sell me a boot dvd!
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Jun 16, 2008
I have a system runnung Vista, XP and Ubuntu. Now I replaced the memory from 2 Gb before to 4 GB DDR2 now. After this Vista is not starting successfully anymore. During boot process it restarts the computer. Booting in safemode the last loaded driver shown is crcdisk.sys before the system restarts. Windows XP and Ubuntu are running without any problem, HDD check shows no error, even Windows Memory Diagnostics is runnung without reporting any problem. If I change the RAM back to my old 2 GB also Vista is starting again. But with 4 GB it will not.
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Feb 11, 2009
so i'm sat there playing City of heroes having a good time, etc. Then randomly the screen freezes. The sound is still playing normal but my screen becomes a still. This could be because of the game etc. So i continue playing and then my game starts to lag extremely badly and a blue screen pops up.I don't have time to take a photo or read it fully to understand whats going on. Heres a screenshot of what came up after my PC restarted. This is probably not enough information for you to help me with the problem. next time it happens (quite frequently) ill try jot down the codes. From memory i believe it says something about my hard drive and memory.
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Jul 3, 2009
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: a
BCP1: 0000000000000030
BCP2: 0000000000000002
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: FFFFF80001CD5721
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:WindowsMinidumpMini070309-03.dmp
C:UsersBrettAppDataLocalTempWER-46659-0.sysdata.xml
C:UsersBrettAppDataLocalTempWER1ED5.tmp.version.txt
i dont get why it randomly blue screens during the day.. i have 8gb corsair dominators btw. Just to add, i did a complete system wipe and installed onto a DIFFERENT hard drive, which leads me to think i got hardware issues
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Jan 7, 2010
im running vista basic 32bit
had a blue screen crash,memory dump
i have re installed 5 times, last time used disk part to clean completely
ive got the os back up but have many probs with windows update,firewall,and downloading to c:. which i feel is the main problem.
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Jun 6, 2009
I just prurchased the vista ultimate upgrade to upgrade my xp version. The xp was a sp2 version and i tried to install the upgrade 32 version. the install started fine until the computer had to restart. once the restart happened the screen went blue with ***stop: 0x0000005c (0x0000010B, 0x00000003, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) showing. What do I do?
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Sep 11, 2009
recently my window vista keep crashing with blue screen, then it will begin dumping memory to hard disk and auto restart.
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Mar 23, 2008
With a formated hard drive on a Dell Dimension 2350, the Vista Home Premium Install Disk took eight minutes to get to the first screen. I subsequently cleaned out all cards from PCI slots and disabled everything I could in the BIOS and got the same results.
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May 19, 2008
I have Windows XP SP3 installed and operational. I have tried recently to complete an upgrade to Vista Pro with no success. I get to 59% completion on the last step at which point the computer reboots, goes to a blue screen and then resets back to Windows XP. Prior to that, everything appears to progress normally. I am wanting to do an upgrade because of the software that I want to carry over into the Vista environment (note: none of the software is identified in the Upgrade process as problematic software).
I am booting in normal mode with only Microsoft applications in the startup. I do have a Creative soundcard but have not loaded the software during startup (I did not uninstall the driver yet). I previously upgraded to Vista from SP2 but had to revert back for other reasons. Since then, the only change was to upgrade XP to SP3 and other Windows SW udpates.
Would like to hear about others' experiences and what other suggestions you might have so that I can complete the upgrade. Microsoft Technical support is unhelpful as they keep trying to get me to do a fresh install (the easy out!!!) instead of helping me complete the upgrade. Are they special commands I can issue in a RUN command that will facilitate a successful upgrade?
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Nov 13, 2009
Is there any software that show what process is currently starting and running on screen in real time? I have Vista Ultimate. Somewhere along the startup of Vista there is a long wait. I think the perpetrator is the AppLauncher in the Vista Sidebar containing too many icons. In fact 56 of them. I guess the wait is while hte software is locating all relevant folders. But then again, I really don't know, as the wait is still there even when the sidebar start up is disabled. All I want is a few words on screen stating that this or that process is now starting... The list of started processes I can see in my Sysinternals Process Explorer. Do you guys know of such a ultility?
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Aug 4, 2008
I purchased a new machine and It seems to run through OK and then decides to do what I call a 'boot loop'. It goes through the 'normal' Dos-like screens, does a blue-screen 'chkdsk' thingy (says that windows was shut-down incorrectly - which it wasn't) and then asks if I want to start in one of the tasty flavours of 'safe mode'. Now, I've been to safe-mode, being the submissive I can be, but that accomplishes nothing, except the grace of a computer stuck in the Middle Ages. Anyway, I decide to start Windows as 'normal' and it goes on this 'boot loop'. The good news is that it usually (90%+) makes it to the desktop and the system sings sweetly thereafter. My concern is that there is a little gremlin stuck somewhere in my system and I want to find a way to exorcise the beast. Note: I can provide more specific 'screen' data if needed, i.e. taking a photo of the offending screens.
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Aug 24, 2008
I've been getting some troubles with my Vista computer booting up. Whenever I restart it (or even turn it off and then back on without leaving it for a long while), it will crash during the loading screen, and then restart, and then crash, creating an endless loop unless I boot up in Safe Mode. Once I'm up in Safe Mode, and go to restart, there are no troubles at all, and I can use the computer normally. So, for the time being, I must for boot up in Safe Mode and then restart in normal mode. Occasionally, I get a blue screen before the boot up fails and the computer shuts down, only to restart and continue the endless cycle. When I do get to the desktop (using the Safe Mode trick I mentioned earlier), I may get an error message, containing this info:.....
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Jun 6, 2009
I run vista 32 home premium. My Pc was having blue screen errors. I ran every test that my pc could run ad everything passed. I was still having crashes so I decided to do a system recovery hoping that it would fix the problem. After doing a back up and system recovery the pc restarted and reformated the disk for windows. Everything was fine for about 2 minutes after the desk top loaded. Anoter blue screen and when it went to boot i got a boot failure please insert disk and press enter. I created a boot disk because i do not have the software for my pc because it got lost in a move. Anyway the boot up disk booted to pc doctor. I did every test that it would do everything is passing but i still get the boot error.
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Sep 29, 2009
I have my laptop(Vista Home premium 32 bit) fine and running from past 1 and half year.
Suddenly from 5 days I am facing 'Display driver nvlddmkm failed and restore successfully'. Don't know when and why this happens.So I thought of restoring my system to 5 days back.I selected System restore back up point to 23rd of September,09.During this process something got messed up and when restarted it is showing 'blue screen' . Nothing else is visible.I'm able to login through safe mode.but don't know what to do with this. I also tried to do system repair. But no use.Ended up with same.
Tried to do system restore again. Even if I want to reinstall Vista, manufacturer has not provided any backup cd with my laptop.
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Mar 2, 2010
i m using PC, when suddenly my computer just closed and went to a blue screen with loads of text and stuff, it said stuff like "if this is the first time it has happened to you, just restart normally" and "if you recently installed a software try system restore" something like that.. it didn't say a location from where the error was... like normal "blue screen of deaths", so i wondering if this is just a 1 off kinda thing or something more severe?
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Dec 26, 2008
I am new to this forum so I hope you'll be patient with me. I have a MSI MS-163C laptop with 2GB of RAM and a Intel Dual Core Processor. I have received a copy of Vista Ultimate 64 Bit addition as part of my MAPS subscription and thought that would give it a go, my current version is 32 bit. I have researched and found that 3 to 4GB of RAM is recommended for 64 bit so I purchased 2 x 2GB sticks from FutureShop [Buffalo DDR II / 667mhz PC2 5300 However, anytime that I install any more than the 2GB already in the computer the computer goes to a "Blue" crash screen and I can't go any further. I checked the ram that is in the computer and they are 1GB sticks 667mhz, pretty much the same. If I take both of them out and install just one of the 2GB sticks the computer seems OK, but even if I install a 1GB with it to make it 3GB it crashes again. I am trying to determine for myself it this might be a BIOS problem or what,
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Mar 23, 2008
I've been getting the same blue screen as early as attempting to load the Vista install PE environment from the DVD. Would like some specifics as to what that is pointing to. Initially, I had a bad stick of RAM. I have since RMA'd the RAM, and tested the new RAM. I'm not showing any errors with the new RAM. It does it irregardless of 64 bit mode, or 128 bit mode. It does it, when I add a second stick of RAM however.
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Mar 26, 2008
I've been getting the same blue screen as early as attempting to load the Vista install PE environment from the DVD. Would like some specifics as to what that is pointing to. Initially, I had a bad stick of RAM. I have since RMA'd the RAM, and tested the new RAM. I'm not showing any errors with the new RAM. It does it irregardless of 64 bit mode, or 128 bit mode. It does it, when I add a second stick of RAM however. One stick = no problems!
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Jul 19, 2007
After loading a fresh copy of Vista Ultimate, every once in a while my system will randomly blue screen with the message "MEMORY MANAGEMENT"...wtf? I have a 939 board, Athlon X2 4200, 1GB DDR RAM, and 2 hard drives (1-40gig and 1-120gig).do I need a firmware update for my board or something? Also It doesn't seem to happen as often when I put in my thumbdrive and turn on ReadyBoost.
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Feb 6, 2010
my system is vista business sp2 32bit , about a mouth ago after i installed ubuntu 9.10 , it randomly shows blue screen , today it happened again , the detail about one them is below: i did not have any hardware problem before ,
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: be
BCP1: 837020B7
BCP2: 28EA0860
BCP3: 8BB63A18
BCP4: 0000000E
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 256_1
Files that help describe the problem: C:WindowsMinidumpMini020110-01.dmp, C:Users afisehAppDataLocalTempWER-50060-0.sysdata.xml, C:Users afisehAppDataLocalTempWER8304.tmp.version.txt , Read our privacy statement: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis
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Jul 1, 2008
I've had Vista x64 installed for about 2 full months now and I've recently begun having a **** ton of problems. One being: 187 seconds. What the ****.Before you ask, here are 'my specs Lots of fast memory, a fast processor, 7200RPM boot drive (not listed), and ****ing awful performance. What gets me is that the delayed boot time is before I even see the "Welcome" screen.
My current boot time distribution:
1. BIOS does all its fancy stuff very quickly (about 6-7 seconds or so)
2. I get to my boot loader and it defaults to Vista after 5 seconds (dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu).
3. I then see the Vista loading screen (black screen with green loading bar) for about 4-5 seconds.
4. SIT AT COMPLETELY BLACK SCREEN FOR 160 SECONDS.
5. Welcome screen/load Startup apps (takes 10 seconds or so)....
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May 6, 2009
Dear friends I am wondering if intstalling Vista Sp2 to will result in additional instability, decreased performance and other problems? Have anyone tried it? Is it available final version of sp2?
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Apr 20, 2008
I'm trying to install an additional (SATA) hard drive - it appears I need a cable that can connect to the 8 pin power connection on the hard drive and then to the EIDE 15 pin connector on the cable coming from the hard drive in the computer. I can't find a cable that can do this. Do I need to combine two cables (15 to 4 pin, then 4 to 8?)
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Jun 30, 2008
Business with SP1
Sony laptop, fast core2duo, 4GB
Defender+Avast!
Working beautifully for many months, and then a few
weeks ago this began happening:
Perhaps 2-3 times a week, and with no consistency of circumstances, a blue screen will appear. It might happen while working or when returning from hibernate. There's a countdown as memory is stored, and then a freeze. The only way to recover is to do a hard OFF (5 seconds on the power switch) and restart. When it first happened, I had not installed or changed anything, so I was comfortable doing a restore. It happened again.
It's confusing because the stated cause is inconsistent. I've checked to ensure that all drivers are updated and nothing that's contraVistarian is installed. What analytical steps can I undertake to discover what's causing this, and then to help me make the necessary changes?
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Mar 23, 2008
I've got an Sony VGN-BX197XP laptop that I've upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate. Since then I've encountered some strange display-related issues:
1) I could only boot into Aero about 50% of the time. The rest of the time I forced onto the Standard theme with no Aero option. Since installing Vista SP1 I can't get Aero at all.
2) When not running in Aero mode I can't get the Windows Media Player to play video files, nor get a Perfomance Index.
3) If I plug in an external monitor I can't get a picture on the laptop monitor but I *do* get a picture on the external monitor and it runs Aero 100% of the time. It will also play video files and give me a performance index.
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Aug 12, 2007
I bought a new Compaq computer to replace our 7 year old 667Mhz machine. We've had XP on our old unit for years. It ran slow and other issues with an older machine.
We set out to upgrade so we can run our cool games (warcraft, Sims 2 etc), along with some multimedia production software like GoldWave, Photoshop CS 2 with the latest equipment. Many of my programs are image files and only have a few of the original disks, so I've been using virtual CD ROM program(s).
After waiting for a week for our new Compaq SR5130NX computer I'm disgustingly disappointed.
The machine is great- Dual AMD 64 processors working in tandom- fast bus speed and GeForce 7300 graphics card. I really like my hardware but does NO good with an OS that SUCKS.
Only about 1/3 of the programs I need/want to run actually work on Vista. I found NO virtual CD-ROM software that works. I even tried the Elby virtual drive but the cursor only changes to a perpetual rotating circle which eventually crashes the OS and forces it to load a restore point.
I tried Alcohol virtual CD-ROM software but it too crashes the OS- so bad that I get the "Blue screen of death" and won't even boot up.
I've had to run my system restore disks 4 times now trying to find which of my programs run and which won't. (Keeps on crashing)
Honestly, I think WINDOWS 95 v1 is better.
I've finally given up in disgust, realizing my new machine just won't run the programs I bought it for, and wish to God I could run XP or even W98 on it. But alas, I understand they don't make drivers for older OS's for my new machine.
Since Microsoft have forced computer MFG's to adopt this BETA JUNK OS on all their new machines- and I'm stuck like everyone else, I'm here to learn to get the most out of this BAD $oftware.
I no longer have any desire to use my new computer since it won't run anything I need it to. The kids use it and just run the bundled stuff.
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Feb 18, 2009
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Aug 31, 2008
I recently went into Change Date & Time Internet time tab and chose a time standard to connect with. After doing that I went onto the internet and connected with time.nist.gov and checked the time. After that I was no longer able to go into the internet time tab. It tells me that time.nist.gov is the time connection and I can't change it. It tells me I need to have permission to do this as administrator. I am the administrator! What goes here?
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