bren
11-04-08, 01:06
watcha campers!
right, i have caught the bug and have built another setup:-
Asus p5vd2-vm-se motherboard, e2140 1.6GHZ dual core Intel CPU, coolmaster CPU cooler, 2GB Arianet PC5300 667mhz RAM, seagate barracuda 160GB HDD, NEC DVDRW, Soundblaster audigy card, 340W generic PSU, Akasa exhaust fan, OS Vista. (everything brand new)
the installation went well, vista was running perfectly. when i installed the wireless adapter it went a bit weird. i got connected to the net and tried to update windows to get the latest drivers etc. but it stopped and gave me a error code. tried again after solving the problem using windows and it came up with another error. then explorer failed and closed. it restarted and defender came up with an error, then everything went crazy. i just kept getting pop ups saying that variious programs were failing or had stopped working.
after about 10mins the screen went black and blue but all fuzzy. it then crashed totally and rebooted. i then went through letting it check for system errors etc and the tests completed with no problems shown. once i logged in on windows it started going wrong exactly the same as before and crashed, it then rebooted again with the same blue and black screen coming up.
i started it up with the windows disc in and did a memory diagnostic check as i thought a stick may have failed or been faulty but that came back with no problems and windows booted perfectly. i then logged in and it stared all over again. everything stopped working until eventually it froze and rebooted.
so i tried a system restore to the point before i installed the wireless adapter but that then failed too with and error.
i then rebooted and it started and ran perfectly. logged in with no obvious problems as before except defender had stopped working. i then tried once again to do windows update and the screen went blue and black instantly. :redface:
that was 20mins ago and i turned it off to give up for the night.
if anyone can help me with suggestions as to what it could be i'd really appreciate it because tonight i'm at my wits end with it!!!!:evil:
right, i have caught the bug and have built another setup:-
Asus p5vd2-vm-se motherboard, e2140 1.6GHZ dual core Intel CPU, coolmaster CPU cooler, 2GB Arianet PC5300 667mhz RAM, seagate barracuda 160GB HDD, NEC DVDRW, Soundblaster audigy card, 340W generic PSU, Akasa exhaust fan, OS Vista. (everything brand new)
the installation went well, vista was running perfectly. when i installed the wireless adapter it went a bit weird. i got connected to the net and tried to update windows to get the latest drivers etc. but it stopped and gave me a error code. tried again after solving the problem using windows and it came up with another error. then explorer failed and closed. it restarted and defender came up with an error, then everything went crazy. i just kept getting pop ups saying that variious programs were failing or had stopped working.
after about 10mins the screen went black and blue but all fuzzy. it then crashed totally and rebooted. i then went through letting it check for system errors etc and the tests completed with no problems shown. once i logged in on windows it started going wrong exactly the same as before and crashed, it then rebooted again with the same blue and black screen coming up.
i started it up with the windows disc in and did a memory diagnostic check as i thought a stick may have failed or been faulty but that came back with no problems and windows booted perfectly. i then logged in and it stared all over again. everything stopped working until eventually it froze and rebooted.
so i tried a system restore to the point before i installed the wireless adapter but that then failed too with and error.
i then rebooted and it started and ran perfectly. logged in with no obvious problems as before except defender had stopped working. i then tried once again to do windows update and the screen went blue and black instantly. :redface:
that was 20mins ago and i turned it off to give up for the night.
if anyone can help me with suggestions as to what it could be i'd really appreciate it because tonight i'm at my wits end with it!!!!:evil: