Windows Vista Major problem with vista! BLUE SCREEN!

Hi,

I’m running Windows Vista ultimate edition with 2GB DDR2 Ram, 320HD (about 90GB still free), and an 8800GTS video card.

When I got home today, I found my PC locked up at the login screen. Upon reboot I received a blue screen of death (*** on vista?!). It told me that if it was the first time seeing this error just to reboot or to check if you have enough HD room. I rebooted and it did not receive the blue screen error but now lock ups after about 1 min or 5 min after I get to the log in screen. I’m able to get to about the log in screen before the computer just locks up and I’m either forced to reboot or it does it on its own. So I tried safe mode. Once I got into it and I could browse my HD for program files ect and I tried to do some music back up’s but then I got a lockup and had to reboot. I tried LKGC (last known good configuration) but it just locked up on me as well. I wish now I would get the blue screen so I could show it to you guys. It seems like after more reboots it starts to lock up sooner and sooner in the boot process.

I know you will be thinking “just reformat” but I really don’t want it to come to losing all of my programs, game saves, and business work, music ect.

If there is anymore info I can provide to further aid in this issue please say. I can try to log into the PC if you need any error files in safe mode but the chances of it making it past that are very slim.

Im using Norton antivirus 2007 with all updates

Thanks for reading.

On the web i found this

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the Stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X8546FB6C, 0XB8926A3C, 0X00000000)


Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further @ssistance.

It looks Really close to my error message (cant remember it all on the blue screen)

I made the PC with all new parts.
I did not make any changes to hardware or even software in a long time.
Worked great today at 7:30 AM EST(dec. 10)

By 4:00PM (dec 10)it was locked up

I have the PC off right now to see if the CPU will cool down, but it was runninng SupCommander FA great ALL weekend.

If i repair the setup, wont i lose all of the info on the PC like games and stuff?

 

Soldier,

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with Vista. Do you have XP lying around somewhere? You designed this computer yourself? How old is it? Specs? Did you run Microsoft's Vista Upgrade Advisor tool, or any other software out there that checks as to what extent your hardware will or will not work with Vista?

 

Hi and welcome to the BBS,

The problem may not result in having to reinstall Windows, but you should have your data backed-up anyway. In the short-term you can just burn a copy of the files, game saves, etc, onto CD or DVD disks. You need to work out a long-term backup plan. If the data on the harddrive becomes corrupted or the drive fails, your data is gone.

Since you built the computer recently, pull out and remake the connections for the drives and memory.

At the Start line, type event, open Event Viewer, check if there are events that coincide with the freezes.

Have you installed all the drivers from the drivers disk that came with the motherboard, graphics card, etc. Were Vista drivers on the CDs? Get Vista drivers from the hardware manufacturer's website if they were not included on the CDs.

Matt

 

Now the PC locks up when i try to load safe mode. The PC is less than 1 year old with all updated drivers. Is there any program that i can download that is bootable so i will be able to access my HD to get some files off of it?

"Follow these instructions to post a Dump Data Log." I cant do that becuase it wont even load.

 

It seems to be "worse ". That might be consistent with a hardware problem and maybe specifically, a connection problem, so check those connections. Remove any "removable" hardware. Apart from cards and connected devices, you could even disconnect the CD/DVD drive and see if Windows boots/works.

A year old may mean dust build-up and overheating. Check all the fans are spinning freely.

The easiest way to get the data may be to put the HDD into another computer (as secondary master or slave drive if it is IDE) and copy the data across.

I have not used the reinstall function of Vista yet, but you could try booting to the Vista DVD and running a "repair" of the system.
Edit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925810/en-us

Matt

 

Thanks guys, all is good now

I had to remove the RAM, and use the repair function with the vista DVD to fix a corrupt system file.

Thanks again!

 

That's good to hear!

If you do have any problems come back, another area I thought it sounded like might be the power supply unit.

Anyway, I hope all is normal again.

Matt