Vista - Fatal error c000021a

Recently my notebook has been shutting down unexpectedly without warning. It
simply turns off instantaneously (it's on wall outlet). When turning the
system on and booting for a while, I get a blue screen with a fatal error
coded c000021a and a crash dump is done. The sytem then restarts and
sometimes boots to the same blue screen 2-3-4 times before entering vista.
Could this be a software problem or does it sound like hardware for sure??

Thanks,

Michael

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> Recently my notebook has been shutting down unexpectedly without warning.
> It
> simply turns off instantaneously (it's on wall outlet). When turning the
> system on and booting for a while, I get a blue screen with a fatal error
> coded c000021a and a crash dump is done. The sytem then restarts and
> sometimes boots to the same blue screen 2-3-4 times before entering vista.
> Could this be a software problem or does it sound like hardware for sure??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael

Did you have a look to the event viewer ?

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F.

Hi Michael,

Could be either, but that error code most frequently occurs with a driver
error (and sound cards in particular). Check the event viewer to see if a
faulty module is listed at the time of the crash.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44C4AA4E-63D4-4EE4-B0A2-4DC05B34E32F@microsoft.com...
> Recently my notebook has been shutting down unexpectedly without warning.
> It
> simply turns off instantaneously (it's on wall outlet). When turning the
> system on and booting for a while, I get a blue screen with a fatal error
> coded c000021a and a crash dump is done. The sytem then restarts and
> sometimes boots to the same blue screen 2-3-4 times before entering vista.
> Could this be a software problem or does it sound like hardware for sure??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael