Comments on: Random Windows errors? Check the hardware. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/ I write stuff. Mostly about Windows. Sometimes I get paid for it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159265 Ed Bott Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:37:43 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159265 Great story, KCW. Thanks. Great story, KCW. Thanks.

]]> By: KCW http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159264 KCW Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:16:54 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159264 I have had multiple issues including random spontaneous reboots of XP and BSOD in Vista. I have replaced nearly every component in my rig including, PSU, UPS, three different MB's and RAM from three vendors. When reinstalling XP with two of the motherboards I could not even get through the initial setup without a spontaneous reboot during the process. I finally replaced my C2Duo E6600 cpu with E6750 and no more problems. Only took me six months to track it down. Grrrrrr. I wasn't getting this exact error until recently but same symptoms all along. I have had multiple issues including random spontaneous reboots of XP and BSOD in Vista. I have replaced nearly every component in my rig including, PSU, UPS, three different MB’s and RAM from three vendors. When reinstalling XP with two of the motherboards I could not even get through the initial setup without a spontaneous reboot during the process. I finally replaced my C2Duo E6600 cpu with E6750 and no more problems. Only took me six months to track it down. Grrrrrr. I wasn’t getting this exact error until recently but same symptoms all along.

]]> By: Mike Dimmick http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159169 Mike Dimmick Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:13:49 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159169 It tends to help if the code the processor sees is the code that the programmer intended! We had the devil of a time working out why our network cards stopped working after installing Virtual PC (7.0, I think). Well, networking failed on the XP machines - my Windows 2000 machine blue-screened during boot. It turned out the checksum on the Virtual Network Services driver was bad - but why was it bad? It turned out that the CD we'd burned of the ISO was a bad burn - extracting the ISO with IsoBuster and reinstalling fixed the problem. It tends to help if the code the processor sees is the code that the programmer intended! We had the devil of a time working out why our network cards stopped working after installing Virtual PC (7.0, I think). Well, networking failed on the XP machines – my Windows 2000 machine blue-screened during boot.

It turned out the checksum on the Virtual Network Services driver was bad – but why was it bad? It turned out that the CD we’d burned of the ISO was a bad burn – extracting the ISO with IsoBuster and reinstalling fixed the problem.

]]> By: STOP 0×0000007F errors » The PC Doctor’s blog http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159117 STOP 0×0000007F errors » The PC Doctor’s blog Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:36:33 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159117 [...] Ed Bott  offers advice on the elusive and hard to troubleshoot STOP 0×0000007F error: [...] [...] Ed Bott  offers advice on the elusive and hard to troubleshoot STOP 0×0000007F error: [...]

]]> By: University Update - Windows Vista - Random Windows errors? Check the hardware. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159116 University Update - Windows Vista - Random Windows errors? Check the hardware. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:52:12 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159116 [...] Random Windows errors? Check the hardware. » This Summary is from an article posted at Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | Tips, tricks, news, and [...] [...] Random Windows errors? Check the hardware. » This Summary is from an article posted at Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | Tips, tricks, news, and [...]

]]> By: Loucypher http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159115 Loucypher Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:48:04 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159115 I had a simlar problem on sunday with a customers XP machine, suspected the HDD or IDE cable, and it turned out to be the DVD-ROM drive, not the Cable! That was a first for me. I had a simlar problem on sunday with a customers XP machine, suspected the HDD or IDE cable, and it turned out to be the DVD-ROM drive, not the Cable!
That was a first for me.

]]> By: Serdar http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2007/10/random-windows-errors-check-the-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-159114 Serdar Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:24:39 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1789#comment-159114 And as coincidence would have it, a friend of mine was recently experiencing issues with his PC that echoed this. I told him to change out those old ribbon cables. Everything's been fine since. And as coincidence would have it, a friend of mine was recently experiencing issues with his PC that echoed this. I told him to change out those old ribbon cables. Everything’s been fine since.

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