Stubborn BSOD in NT: any ideas?
Wow, I'm having big problems stopping BSOD on this new machine. Each time I think I have the problem isolated, I'm wrong. It isn't the OC'ing, since it happens at the same points whether at 266/66 or 400/100.
The error that keeps recurring is
stop: 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Address 8012cbce has base at 80100000 - ntoskrnl.exe
This happens repeatedly during an install of WP 8 from CD, whether or not my SCSI drive is installed (tho it seems to happen later in the process when installing from an IDE CD-rom.)
When installing from SCSI, I also get this error:
stop 0x0000004E (0x00000002, 0x00005be7, 0x00007fff, 0x00000f00) PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
I've checked the MSKB and Deja News on these errors, and basically I'm told to check for bad drivers. I've completely rooted out the new Symbios driver that caused the BSOD when the scanner was turned on, and don't know what other drivers could be causing the problem.
Another puzzle: I've set NT to do a dump of physical memory and to auto-reboot. Sure enough, when BSOD hits, I get a "dumping physical memory" message. But no matter how long I wait, this doesn't happen--no disk thrashing or eventual rebooting. Also, nothing is sent to Event Viewer, even though I have the box checked in System properties. (I seem to recall this also happening in a previous NT installation.)
I hope it isn't the BX chipset. A new bios is due soon for this MB: I 'll do some checking to see if others have had a problem with this chipset.
Any advice, from Sean, Spots, or other NT gurus, would be _very_ welcome here. This setup has already consumed much more time than I'd
hoped. I've never had so many stability problems with NT.
Thanks,
Dave |
