Vista - crash dump blue screen

i have windows vista home basic and a lg gsa h42l cd dvd combo and every time i try to run a program i get a blue screen that says crash dump the my computer reboots lg told me i needed to download vista sp 2 is that true and if so where do i find it
thank you beiniam

Hi beiniam and welcome to Vista Forums

A bit more information please. What is the make and model of your computer? Does this problem occur for a specific program (which would indicate that you need an update for that program), or does it happen for any program? Exactly what does it say on the BSOD? Post back quoting the exact information displayed (use a digital camera to capture the image if necessary) as this information will help us to pin-point your problem (or, at least, narrow it down).

i have a fox conn motherboard a intell pent 4 cpu 3.06 ghz 3.00 gb ram and it faults out with any cd program or gud mem stick although it allows a lacie 2.0 500 g external hard drive

this woldnt have anything to do with when it boot's up it say's begugger mode enabled below is the pic from when i put in the usb and no i dont have any web cames or thing like that
beiniam

According to Bug Check 0xD1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL you have a driver issue - seemingly. On the surface it seems like it is a driver issue, but in fact it may end up being a power issue - Please edit your system specs section in your control panel here on the boards with all the info about your setup motherboard, (with model number) CPU, video card, PSU, etc - I ma guessing your machine needs a good spring cleaning or else that your PSU is simply going south.

It could, though, also be that you need drivers or an updated BIOS for your motherboard as well....

on the vista problem reports and solutions it says it's a nvidia graphics driver witch their was a update for nvidia 7600 should i remove it and if so how
thank you beiniam

Hi beiniam,

Here is a link to the latest driver from NVidia: GeForce Release 178
In order to remove the current driver, please refer to the following Tutorial: Device Manager - Roll Back Driver

it did but how do i tip your scales

thank you thank you

Hi beiniam,

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just an up date after downloading 178 i ncould put i was able to0 run some program cd but not the older one's and i was able to open uo myyy 4 g memory stick a couple of times both on this computer aaand my other one with vista then back to the same old blue screen now i wondered if their was to much info on the stick so i put it in my POS laptop with XP os and it openen it just fine a little slow but it opens any how i deleated the info on it and tried it again and same thing blue screen does it have somthing to go with the fact that it's a memorex 4g and they dont work with vista that well? plus bin my errors and solitions it says to download g forse fx driver i teied that on one computer and it didnt seen to help what do you thinnk
thank you
beiniam

how do you know witch drivers to update every driver i check through devicve manager says its up to date do any of those driver update programs that you have to buy work or is their somplace i can go on line to check this out without paying. plus i read someplace wher you type in somplace on your start somthing that brings you to a page that tells all your sys specs what do you type in
beiniam