Blue Screen Of Death/Computer Issues

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:44 am

Blue Screen Of Death/Computer Issues....

anyone here have experience with blue screen of death where you computer constantly restarts or crashes?

mine is shutting off three or four times daily.

by **conversationpc** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:49 am

That's not much to go on...What does the bluescreen say or does it shut down/restart before you get a chance to see what it says? If it restarts or shuts down, that's because the dolts at Microsoft default it to do that when a stop error occurs. I don't understand why that is. If your machine restarts every time you get a bluescreen, how can you troubleshoot the error?

If yours is doing that, I'd recommend going to the System Properties (right-click on My Computer icon on your desktop - Computer icon in Windows 7) and select Properties. Then go to the Advanced system settings, Startup & Recovery. Then uncheck the "Automatically Restart" checkbox and click on OK. The next time that blue screen occurs, you can at least write down what it says. It'll usually refer to a file name (typically some kind of driver) or perhaps a corrupted system file. That information is critical in determining what needs to be done to fix the stop error (hence my disgust with Microsoft's default setting in this case).

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:52 am

bad pool header...

i've heard things about registry issues being a problem.not sure exactly

by **conversationpc** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:05 am

Have you installed any new hardware recently? If so, you might want to disconnect it temporarily to see if it goes away. If so, check the manufacturer's web site to see if there's an update for your driver.

by **KenTheDude** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:07 am

Your machine is probably not generating the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity necessary to run the flux capacitor.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:12 am

computer did a physical memory dump.

don't know much about computer issues.i'm hoping this stuff can be fixed.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:17 am

the strange thing is i have no viruses.i do disc cleanup weekly.defragment pretty regular.beyond that i don't know.i just looked all drivers are up to date and working properly.

by **conversationpc** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:41 am

mikemarrs wrote:the strange thing is i have no viruses.i do disc cleanup weekly.defragment pretty regular.beyond that i don't know.i just looked all drivers are up to date and working properly.

A virus doesn't necessarily have anything to do with it and it still could be a bad driver even if they are all up to date. It could also be a registry error or a bad sector on your hard drive that's caused a corrupted file or some such thing.

by **Rick** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:43 am

conversationpc wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:the strange thing is i have no viruses.i do disc cleanup weekly.defragment pretty regular.beyond that i don't know.i just looked all drivers are up to date and working properly.

A virus doesn't necessarily have anything to do with it and it still could be a bad driver even if they are all up to date. It could also be a registry error or a bad sector on your hard drive that's caused a corrupted file or some such thing.

Yep, I'd start right in the registry. Registry Mechanic is what I use. Check your PM Mike.

by **conversationpc** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:47 am

Also, a good way to find out if it's a corrupt Windows file would be to start up in Safe Mode and see if you can recreate the problem. If it doesn't occur, there's a good chance it's another app.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:40 am

Thanks Rick and Dave

i've ran the registry cleanup and it found quite a few errors and most were something to do with quicktime.i fixed all those.

so i've done memory diagnostics and that was good.

i've dealt with it doing this a for a while now.suddenly my computer will shut off and restart.why it shuts off and restarts i'm not sure but hopefully some of the things i have done tonight will keep it from happening again.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:43 am

i've never done safe mode.is there any difference or something i should look for if thats done.

what exactly is safe mode? sorry i'm still learning

by **artist4perry** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:56 am

KenTheDude wrote:Your machine is probably not generating the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity necessary to run the flux capacitor.

Website · by **steveo777** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:17 pm

You could have a bad power supply too. I had that happen to me once.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:18 pm

artist4perry wrote:
KenTheDude wrote:Your machine is probably not generating the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity necessary to run the flux capacitor.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:38 pm

DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. got this blue screen message just now

RAM or memory causing shutdowns?

by **Rick** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:45 pm

mikemarrs wrote:DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. got this blue screen message just now

RAM or memory causing shutdowns?

That's a driver for a piece of hardware doing that one.

RAM can cause all kinds on unpredictable havoc as well. Just loading a driver into faulty memory can cause that error.

by **slucero** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:28 pm

Crap Cleaner... works wonders.. http://download.cnet.com/CCleaner/3000- ... 47048.html

by **yulog** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:58 pm

steveo777 wrote:You could have a bad power supply too. I had that happen to me once.

Did you put the batteries back in it and stick it back in your ass? :shock:

by **yulog** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:00 pm

slucero wrote:Crap Cleaner... works wonders.. http://download.cnet.com/CCleaner/3000- ... 47048.html

I tried this once but it just didnt work as well as the toilet paper in my bathroom.

by **Greg** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:53 am

mikemarrs wrote:DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. got this blue screen message just now

RAM or memory causing shutdowns?

It's definitely a hardware driver that's causing the blue screen of death. Try uninstalling anything that is connected to your computer that is not vital - printers, blue tooth devices, anything USB other than mouse/keyboard.

I believe if it was a RAM problem, the computer would not boot to your desktop. It would give out beep codes indicating the error.

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

I had a laptop that had onboard blue tooth. The update called for me to update the driver and I did. When the updated driver was installed, I started having the same issues. I rolled back the driver and never had another issue with blue screens of death (and the bluetooth worked just fine.)

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:59 am

Rick sent me some instructions here a while back on how to clean the fans so i took the machine apart late last night and the inside was completely full of dust.i spent six hours from midnight until six this morning cleaning it and the fans completely free of dust.have had the computer for about five years and that was the first time i got in there to clean it out.after i did all of this i went ahead and also uninstalled google chrome after having it a couple days.i think google chrome could've also been causing some of the glitches where i was getting blue screens.right after i installed chrome i started getting all the blue screens.i really liked chrome because it was fast but it caused other issues.i'm thinking the reason my computer kept shutting down was due to the dust clogging the fans.i've been running everything smoothly the last few hours so hopefully i solved most of the issues.

by **YoungJRNY** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:08 am

mikemarrs wrote:computer did a physical memory dump.

don't know much about computer issues.i'm hoping this stuff can be fixed.

I'm having the EXACT same problem as we speak and am now booting to my USB Ubunto Operating System. I'm getting an "Internal Power Error" so I'm thinking it's my Windows Vista hitting the pavement so I'm going to try to get the Vista disc and fixing the master-boot record (fixmbr.) If that doesn't work then I'm going to backup the whole system and probably upgrade to Windows 7 or maybe even a full installation. It seems it's not your OS or hard-drive because you ran disk-cleaners. Also, run Malware bites and a super-anti-virus just to make sure of any unknown virus's. It seems not to be your hard-drive or OS because your booting up and have access to your desktop, Internet and whichever operation system your using.

Check your CPU's temperature as well. I just read your CPU keeps shutting off automatically so this could be the fans within your system not working properly and your system is shutting itself down to preserve cool-ness to your CPU. I too had a problem with this and turns out it was the computers fan and heat-sink not hitting the CPU and it was over-heating. Try dusting off your fan and if that doesn't work, look into buying a new fan from the manufacture and see if it cools the overall CPU.

If this is the problem, make sure the fan is MAKING CONTACT with the CPU itself. When I had this problem, I installed a new fan and everything and it was STILL over-heating. Turns out, it wasn't close enough to the CPU so make sure the fan is as close as possible to the CPU to get the necessary coolness because CPU's and inside the system get VERY hot.

by **Rick** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:26 am

YoungJRNY wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:computer did a physical memory dump.

don't know much about computer issues.i'm hoping this stuff can be fixed.

I'm having the EXACT same problem as we speak and am now booting to my USB Ubunto Operating System. I'm getting an "Internal Power Error" so I'm thinking it's my Windows Vista hitting the pavement so I'm going to try to get the Vista disc and fixing the master-boot record (fixmbr.) If that doesn't work then I'm going to backup the whole system and probably upgrade to Windows 7 or maybe even a full installation. It seems it's not your OS or hard-drive because you ran disk-cleaners. Also, run Malware bites and a super-anti-virus just to make sure of any unknown virus's. It seems not to be your hard-drive or OS because your booting up and have access to your desktop, Internet and whichever operation system your using.

Check your CPU's temperature as well. I just read your CPU keeps shutting off automatically so this could be the fans within your system not working properly and your system is shutting itself down to preserve cool-ness to your CPU. I too had a problem with this and turns out it was the computers fan and heat-sink not hitting the CPU and it was over-heating. Try dusting off your fan and if that doesn't work, look into buying a new fan from the manufacture and see if it cools the overall CPU.

If this is the problem, make sure the fan is MAKING CONTACT with the CPU itself. When I had this problem, I installed a new fan and everything and it was STILL over-heating. Turns out, it wasn't close enough to the CPU so make sure the fan is as close as possible to the CPU to get the necessary coolness because CPU's and inside the system get VERY hot.

Microsoft has issued a "Hot Fix" for the Internal Power Error issue.

Read this webpage for instructions on what to do.

http://tinyurl.com/3ro9jxv

by **Greg** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:28 am

mikemarrs wrote:Rick sent me some instructions here a while back on how to clean the fans so i took the machine apart late last night and the inside was completely full of dust.i spent six hours from midnight until six this morning cleaning it and the fans completely free of dust.have had the computer for about five years and that was the first time i got in there to clean it out.after i did all of this i went ahead and also uninstalled google chrome after having it a couple days.i think google chrome could've also been causing some of the glitches where i was getting blue screens.right after i installed chrome i started getting all the blue screens.i really liked chrome because it was fast but it caused other issues.i'm thinking the reason my computer kept shutting down was due to the dust clogging the fans.i've been running everything smoothly the last few hours so hopefully i solved most of the issues.

This is a driver issue. That is why you're getting the DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL error. This isn't software related such as Google Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. More than likely one of your installed hardware devices updated its driver and the driver is causing the issue. Either roll back the drivers on all of your USB devices - joy stick controllers, printers, whatever else you have hooked up to your computer (other than mouse and keyboard) OR uninstall them completely and reinstall.

by **slucero** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:36 am

yulog wrote:
slucero wrote:Crap Cleaner... works wonders.. http://download.cnet.com/CCleaner/3000- ... 47048.html

I tried this once but it just didnt work as well as the toilet paper in my bathroom.

If the computer is just too shitty it's prolly beyond help.

by **YoungJRNY** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:09 am

Rick wrote:
YoungJRNY wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:computer did a physical memory dump.

don't know much about computer issues.i'm hoping this stuff can be fixed.

I'm having the EXACT same problem as we speak and am now booting to my USB Ubunto Operating System. I'm getting an "Internal Power Error" so I'm thinking it's my Windows Vista hitting the pavement so I'm going to try to get the Vista disc and fixing the master-boot record (fixmbr.) If that doesn't work then I'm going to backup the whole system and probably upgrade to Windows 7 or maybe even a full installation. It seems it's not your OS or hard-drive because you ran disk-cleaners. Also, run Malware bites and a super-anti-virus just to make sure of any unknown virus's. It seems not to be your hard-drive or OS because your booting up and have access to your desktop, Internet and whichever operation system your using.

Check your CPU's temperature as well. I just read your CPU keeps shutting off automatically so this could be the fans within your system not working properly and your system is shutting itself down to preserve cool-ness to your CPU. I too had a problem with this and turns out it was the computers fan and heat-sink not hitting the CPU and it was over-heating. Try dusting off your fan and if that doesn't work, look into buying a new fan from the manufacture and see if it cools the overall CPU.

If this is the problem, make sure the fan is MAKING CONTACT with the CPU itself. When I had this problem, I installed a new fan and everything and it was STILL over-heating. Turns out, it wasn't close enough to the CPU so make sure the fan is as close as possible to the CPU to get the necessary coolness because CPU's and inside the system get VERY hot.

Microsoft has issued a "Hot Fix" for the Internal Power Error issue.

Read this webpage for instructions on what to do.

http://tinyurl.com/3ro9jxv

Looks like the Hot-Fix is updating a Service Pack1 in Windows & Vista. For my internal power error message, it just goes in circles and re-boots itself, not allowing me to anything. I cannot even get into Safe Mode OR into the Command Prompt. I'm going to try this if I can get into Safe Mode or if it boots itself into the system only for a couple minutes. Not sure if I can do this under the Ubunto Operating System if I can't get into my default system. The only thing I can really do is get the Vista Disc, boot to the CD and fix the Master Boot Record. It's defiantly the mbr.

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:22 am

computer did another physical memory dump.....

also

i have checked the drivers and something called terredo tunneling pseudo interface is not working.

anyone know what that does?

went ahead and deleted the terredo.

got to figure out why i'm having these memory dumps

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:24 am

Greg wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:Rick sent me some instructions here a while back on how to clean the fans so i took the machine apart late last night and the inside was completely full of dust.i spent six hours from midnight until six this morning cleaning it and the fans completely free of dust.have had the computer for about five years and that was the first time i got in there to clean it out.after i did all of this i went ahead and also uninstalled google chrome after having it a couple days.i think google chrome could've also been causing some of the glitches where i was getting blue screens.right after i installed chrome i started getting all the blue screens.i really liked chrome because it was fast but it caused other issues.i'm thinking the reason my computer kept shutting down was due to the dust clogging the fans.i've been running everything smoothly the last few hours so hopefully i solved most of the issues.

This is a driver issue. That is why you're getting the DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL error. This isn't software related such as Google Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. More than likely one of your installed hardware devices updated its driver and the driver is causing the issue. Either roll back the drivers on all of your USB devices - joy stick controllers, printers, whatever else you have hooked up to your computer (other than mouse and keyboard) OR uninstall them completely and reinstall.

i'm really nervous about this area because i'm not real experienced with it.i do agree it is an issue.can a novice like me usually do these installs?

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:11 pm

data error:cyclic redundancy check

discovered this also.it shows up in my virus scans that because of this some files cannot be read.this is also blocking me from doing system restore.

MR

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