"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> i am so sick of this thing. i cant figure out what is wrong with it
> either. my computer dies on me constantly, it has done it to me 3 times
> just in the last 24 hours. my reliability index id down to a 2.60, and
> shows a windows failure almost every day since 6/25/08 when i last wiped
> it. i have tried every thing i can think of to solve this problem and i
> am getting really tempted to throw the damn thing out the window! it is
> set up as my media center/dvr and so it runs 24/7 save for the constant
> reboot times. the last time it died(about 5 minutes ago) i was just
> reading a webpage. it doesn't matter what I'm doing with it, it will
> just randomly and with out warning throw a blue screen at me. anyone
> seen this? any suggestions? this thing is REALLY pissing me off!
>
>
> --
> tednelson83

You have a driver or hardware fault..


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ok... so how do i find out witch one? all drivers were the latest pulled off the internet at the time of the install, and have all been checked for newer updates. all are up to date. hardware, i haven't had these problems in the past, ant there are no indications that any thing is failing,so how do you narrow it down. that was a awfully vague reply.

Maybe if you posted the complete and accurate text in the blue screen???

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"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> ok... so how do i find out witch one? all drivers were the latest pulled
> off the internet at the time of the install, and have all been checked
> for newer updates. all are up to date. hardware, i haven't had these
> problems in the past, ant there are no indications that any thing is
> failing,so how do you narrow it down. that was a awfully vague reply.
>
>
> --
> tednelson83

http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.php

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...STOPErrors.ppt



"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> ok... so how do i find out witch one? all drivers were the latest pulled
> off the internet at the time of the install, and have all been checked
> for newer updates. all are up to date. hardware, i haven't had these
> problems in the past, ant there are no indications that any thing is
> failing,so how do you narrow it down. that was a awfully vague reply.
>
>
> --
> tednelson83

ok, very informative articles, i will have to read them over when i get home! question, is there any record of these stop error codes that is kept on the computer, or do i need to wait untill the next one?

Usually there's an event logged in Event Viewer. Look under "System" at or
around the time of the last known crash.

-ET

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"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> ok, very informative articles, i will have to read them over when i get
> home! question, is there any record of these stop error codes that is
> kept on the computer, or do i need to wait untill the next one?
>
>
> --
> tednelson83

"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> ok... so how do i find out witch one? all drivers were the latest pulled
> off the internet at the time of the install, and have all been checked
> for newer updates. all are up to date. hardware, i haven't had these
> problems in the past, ant there are no indications that any thing is
> failing,so how do you narrow it down. that was a awfully vague reply.
>
>
> --
> tednelson83

No indications of anything failing other than BSOD's? That is as good an
indication as any..

Try this

Control Panel > Performance Monitor > Advanced Tools > Generate a System
Health Report..

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Mike Hall - MVP
How to construct a good post..
http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

Generate a system health report. Type: "perfmon /report" in Search... it'll
take a minute. See what's at fault... hopefully
Michael


"tednelson83" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> i am so sick of this thing. i cant figure out what is wrong with it
> either. my computer dies on me constantly, it has done it to me 3 times
> just in the last 24 hours. my reliability index id down to a 2.60, and
> shows a windows failure almost every day since 6/25/08 when i last wiped
> it. i have tried every thing i can think of to solve this problem and i
> am getting really tempted to throw the damn thing out the window! it is
> set up as my media center/dvr and so it runs 24/7 save for the constant
> reboot times. the last time it died(about 5 minutes ago) i was just
> reading a webpage. it doesn't matter what I'm doing with it, it will
> just randomly and with out warning throw a blue screen at me. anyone
> seen this? any suggestions? this thing is REALLY pissing me off!
>
>
> --
> tednelson83