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Intermittent BSODs
Boggin:
Critical Event ID 41 only tells you what you already know in that it shut down - it's the Error events that may have something recorded for anything that has failed to load properly.
If there's anything of interest in there, you can post them by clicking on each and then on Copy/Copy details as text in the lower right pane and then right click in the reply box and select Paste.
Reliability history may also have some info.
Have you checked for any Win 7 drivers for your devices that don't also cover Vista ?
satrow:
At least it's consistent... ;)
A 0x124 with the first parameter of 0x0 is a Machine Check Exception, basically the hardware, usually the CPU, is self-reporting an error after a check. This is usually a hardware fault or a hardware incompatibility, sometimes a corrupt driver causing a blockage in the lines of communication.
A good place to begin your research and testing is here: https://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lockup-debug-how/35349-stop-0x124-what-means-what-try.html
If you use the BIOS to disable any components, ports, etc. that are not applicable to your usage/hardware fitted before you begin troubleshooting, it should cut down on the number of drivers/filters that are loaded and might shorten the process a little.
I'd also advise checking for and installing the latest drivers for your hardware, try to ensure that all non-Windows DVD drivers (so 3rd party) are dated later than mid-2011 (SP1 release), more recent if you can find them. Uninstall any utility software that runs close to the hardware: defraggers, antivirus, 3rd party firewall etc. and rely on common sense and the stock Windows security during testing if you must use it online.
hgw53t:
--- Quote from: Boggin on December 03, 2017, 08:43:51 am ---From a Google on that error code, it points to a serious hardware problem.
See if updating all of the drivers will help.
The fact that it is intermittent tends to make it harder to nail down.
Does Event Viewer record any Errors for when you got/get these BSODs ?
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Latest Update: my computer now WILL NOT boot up normally WITHOUT using my Windows Startup Repair Disk (DVD-R). It WILL restart, but when I shut it down for the night & try to start normally the next morning, it won't. Sometimes will not go into the very first screen & sometimes would go all the way to the desk top, which I see nothing there. I call it digital freeze, like a TV set would show when reception is bad using a roof top antenna.
I can attach screen shots of event viewer if I knew what to look for. Any help on that, please would be appreciated.
Boggin:
When you boot up with the repair disk, can you navigate to the Recovery Environment and select Command Prompt.
At the prompt enter bcdedit |find "osdevice" then using the partition letter instead of my x, enter chkdsk x: /f and look to see if reports any KBs in bad sectors.
If that comes back clean and it doesn't find anything to repair, you could go back and run Startup Repair to see what that reports.
You can run that 3 times if at first unsuccessful.
When it restarts after you have booted with the repair disk, does the clock show the correct date and time ?
In Event Viewer click on Error and then on View All Instances of This Event in the lower right pane and then look for date and time stamped errors for when it wouldn't boot normally.
Click on one and then on Copy/Copy details as text in the lower right pane.
Open a Wordpad doc, right click in it and select Paste.
Do that for each one and then File/SaveAS a name and zip it up which you can then attach to your next reply.
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