[Monica21]

Oh, that makes things considerably easier! I just have two sticks.

[devil_himself]

If Memtest Reports One Faulty Run Memtest on That Stick in a different slot.. might be due to a faulty slot

[Monica21]

Memtest on each stick separately came back okay.

[Monica21]

Originally Posted by devil_himself

4.For integrated device electronics (IDE) devices, define the onboard IDE port as Primary only. Also, check each IDE device for the proper master/subordinate/stand-alone setting. Try removing all IDE devices except for hard disks.

I hate to bump this, but I don't know how to do this, or how to check for a leaking capacitor.

[devil_himself]

Leave This One...For Leaking Capacitor You May have To Go To a Tech Shop

Are Their any new Minidump available

[Monica21]

Would it be a okay to assume that since I just had it returned from my RMA that it doesn't have leaking capacitors, or best to be on the safe side and take it in?

And no, no new minidumps. Which, in a way is good, but in a way is bad because I know it'll blue screen again, just don't know when.

[devil_himself]

Lets Wait For a Week To Check if it Crashes .... it Might have been fixed in the process..... Loose IDE Cables or ??

[Monica21]

I wish I had your optimism. Thanks for your help.

[devil_himself]

Update Please !

[Monica21]

Originally Posted by devil_himself

Update Please !

Nothing to add. It's been awhile without a problem. I don't know if I'm ready to say ZoneAlarm was the problem, if only because I had those three blue screens after uninstall. Maybe it was though, I don't know.

[Monica21]

Here's a new one, not a blue screen but maybe related. On booting this morning, I got three really quick post beeps in a row. My monitor turned on and off the same number of times and then it booted. I checked the cables and everything is plugged in fine.

[devil_himself]

Originally Posted by Monica21

Here's a new one, not a blue screen but maybe related. On booting this morning, I got three really quick post beeps in a row. My monitor turned on and off the same number of times and then it booted. I checked the cables and everything is plugged in fine.

Go To The Hardware Forum - http://forums.techguy.org/19-hardware/

[Monica21]

As much as I hate thread necromancy, I have to bump this. I'm still getting BSODs, and they seem to only come after graphics card use. I haven't had a chance to play video games except intermittently for several months because I'm a grad student, but I played a lot yesterday. This morning I've had five blue screens so far, and had another as I was starting to type this so now I've given up and I'm typing from my laptop.

I don't get it. I'm getting memory errors, I had an atapi.sys error a few days ago which I believe is related to my hard drives, but my cables are all fine. Hardware diagnostics are fine. Memtests are fine. I've uninstalled ZoneAlarm (per previous advice) and I'm using AVG Internet Security on both my laptop and desktop and have had no problems with my laptop.

Here's my minidumps for the past few days, but I didn't get the last two as I can't get into my system long enough to add them.

http://www.elricm.com/Monica/Downloads/Minidump.zip

I read something somewhere about random blue screens with the 8800 GTX, but I can't find much information and I don't know if that's my problem. I'm leaning toward that, or that I just have an incompatible motherboard and need a new brand.

And I should mention that I'm not getting the system beeps anymore on a cold boot.

[devil_himself]

Greetings Monica21

STACK_TEXT:
b71d0cd8 80663478 01003000 00000000 00001000 nt!FsRtlWaitOnIrp+0x132
b71d0d1c 80512819 00001003 00000000 c03def80 nt!MmSnapShotPool+0x2c
b71d0d48 8050bd63 00000003 00001000 0007fedf nt!`string'+0x1
b71d0d78 ba4241f4 00001000 01000000 00000000 nt!MiDispatchFault+0x36d
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
b71d0dcc ba40bafc 00000004 00003000 8922c8cc HDAudBus+0x1e1f4
b71d0de8 b7d891f6 898f2008 00000004 00003000 HDAudBus+0x5afc
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b71d0e7c b800503d 0031c7d0 8976a5e0 89a996b8 RtkHDAud+0x47365b
b71d0e90 b80041b2 00000000 898d6850 00000000 RtkHDAud+0x47303d
b71d0ed4 b7bcf1d5 8922c7d0 89749ac8 00000000 RtkHDAud+0x4721b2
b71d11f0 b7b80eb5 00000000 b7b80eb5 89749000 RtkHDAud+0x3d1d5
b71d1230 b7b8011d 00000000 891f4f08 89220008 portcls!CIrpStream::SetDeviceState+0x86
b71d1258 b7b7fc32 891f4ec8 891e6394 891e6398 portcls!glpPatch+0x1d45
b71d12a0 b7b7fd56 89220008 898e76b8 8a512f48 portcls!glpPatch+0x185a
b71d12d4 ba3ec0b6 898e76b8 00000000 b71d132c portcls!glpPatch+0x197e
b71d12e4 b7b7fafd 898e76b8 8a512f48 89879a00 ks!KsDispatchIrp+0x98
b71d132c 8057cc89 891ee0e0 8992b1c8 b71d14fc portcls!glpPatch+0x1725
b71d140c 80581332 898e76b8 00000000 89110ab8 nt!NtQuerySystemInformation+0x79
b71d1444 80571ef1 891ee0e0 00000000 89110ab8 nt!ExpMoveFreeHandles+0x55
b71d14bc 8056f2a8 800006d8 b71d14fc 00000240 nt!NtQueryAttributesFile+0x26
b71d1510 8057d2e2 00000000 00000000 c70f4800 nt!ObQueryDeviceMapInformation+0x79
b71d158c 8057d3b1 e2171d80 40000000 b71d1634 nt!NtReplyPort+0x254
b71d15e8 ba3ed58b e2171d80 40000000 b71d1634 nt!SeCaptureSecurityQos+0x7a
b71d1664 ba3ecb19 800006d8 ba3ecb20 e566a300 ks!KsiCreateObjectType+0xd6
b71d1684 b741afee 800006d8 e566a300 40000200 ks!KsCreatePin+0x33
b71d16a8 b741b70b e2a5a440 e23ccf78 e2367b40 sysaudio!CPinNodeInstance::Create+0x6b
b71d16e4 b741a464 00000000 e2a5a43c e178c4e8 sysaudio!CConnectNodeInstance::Connect+0xb3
b71d1700 b741ab3a 00000000 891ed3e0 00000000 sysaudio!CStartNodeInstance::Connect+0x52
b71d1728 b7419575 e1b73180 e23f9578 891ed3e0 sysaudio!CStartNodeInstance::Create+0x181
b71d1758 b741a1f7 c0000010 891ed3e0 00000000 sysaudio!CPinInstance::PinDispatchCreateKP+0xa8
b71d1774 b741971a 89c28e90 b74194e7 891ed3e0 sysaudio!CInstance:ispatchCreate+0x63
b71d17a8 ba3ed077 891f0420 89c28e90 891f0420 sysaudio!CPinInstance::PinDispatchCreate+0xc1
b71d17cc 804e13d9 891f0420 00000000 806ff428 ks!DispatchCreate+0xc7
b71d17cc 8a3ace90 891f0420 00000000 806ff428 nt!KiTrap0B+0x10f
8992aa50 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x8a3ace90

RtkHDAud.sys --> http://www.file.net/process/rtkhdaud.sys.html

1.Update Your Audio And Video Card Drivers
2.Run The System File Checker

[Monica21]

Thanks, devil_himself. Long time, no see.

Drivers are updated, but can you tell me how to run the system file checker? I tried starting it using start->run->sfc.exe, but I just got a really quick pop-up of a command window and then it went away.

edit: Nevermind. Reading stuff makes you smart. Now it's asking me for an XP Pro CD, so I have to change the media description.

edit2: I tried changing the media descriptors per this article. Problem is that I have the OEM version of XP Home so I'm not sure what to change the descriptor to. It doesn't seem to like just XP Home Edition, and keeps prompting me to insert the CD. I can hit Retry until it's about 1/4 through the scan, but then it closes.