Once is often enough. It happens about twice per week. My system faults, and
the computer reboots. So, any unsaved work is gone. This Vista installation
has a way of losing large chunks of memory, and I wonder if it's related to
this Intel driver. I'm skeptical about your motherboard failure. I find it
hard to believe it has anything to do with it. Improper shutdowns used to
impact disk integrity though.
"jandarfish" wrote:
Quote:
> Does your system shut down often? Are you worried about damaging anything?
> (motherboard got wrecked in our last desktop, tech said probably from too
> many improper shutdowns)
>
> "CaptainSC59" wrote:
> Quote:
> >
> > I have an HP dv6000 running Vista Home, and this problem continues to recur,
> > even after downloading the iaStor.sys update. I hesitate to call HP support,
> > since I don't have time for the usual run around. Good luck, and I'll keep
> > you posted if/when I solve it.
> >
> > "jandarfish" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > My hp Pavillion dv2000 autmoatically shut down unexpectedly TWICE in the last
> > > half hour, a search by Windows to identify the problem told me it was the
> > > "Intel Turbo memory Driver" (iaStor.sys) and I could go to the Intel
> > > Corporation website for more info - do I need to dl another driver? I don't
> > > even know what this thing is...