BSOD on Bootup

[brendandonhu]

For awhile now I have been getting a BSOD almost everytime I bootup but I have just been restarting the comp and it would then work. I just had to restart 3 times to get it working, so now I would rather fix the problem for good.
The hard drive is only a couple months old, and I have scan disked twice.
The BSOD always has the same message, the typical BSOD wording, and it ends in
Error: OE :018F: BFF7B018

Windows ME.

 

[~Candy~]

How many ram chips do you have? If more than one, pull them and test each one separately.

Also, could you write down the complete error message?

 

[brendandonhu]

1 Stick of RAM, I will reboot and see if I can get the whole error message.

 

[brendandonhu]

I rebooted and didnt get the error.
Is 018F: BFF7B018 memory related? I can run a memory tester just in case.

 

[~Candy~]

Next time you get it, write down the complete message......

A lot of google hits come up suggesting a recent Windows update?

Any new hardware or driver updates lately?

 

[brendandonhu]

DocMem wouldnt run on Windows ME, during disk creation it says Windows No Longer Supports Format /S, to create a boot disk, go to the control panel.....

Heres the error

WINDOWS
AN ERROR HAS OCCURED. TO CONTINUE:
PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO WINDOWS OR PRESS
CTRL+ALT+DEL TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.
IF YOU DO THIS, YOU WILL LOSE ANY UNSAVED INFO IN ALL OPEN APPLICATIONS.
Error: OE :018F: BFF7B018

PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE

 

[brendandonhu]

Oops didnt see yor last post.
No critical updates available. No new hardware/drivers except this hard drive.

 

[Rollin' Rog]

The intermittant nature of the error suggests a timing conflict between startups.

It could also be caused by too much dead wood in the registry. Try going to Start>Run and entering:

scanreg /fix

then follow that with:

scanreg /opt

And if you haven't defragged recently, it might be worthwhile as well.

 

[~Candy~]

No, I meant, suggesting that a recent windows update was/could be the problem.....that is when some people realized the problem had started.....

Here's one site I've been looking at:

http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/ncbbs.shtml

 

[brendandonhu]

I did the 2 registry things, not sure if it is fixed.
Aca, I can't seem to find which thread at that page has the info.

Thanks both of you

I will reboot a few times and see if it works.

 

[~Candy~]

Do a search on the page for BFF7...........

 

[brendandonhu]

I have no conflicts in device manager, and haven't installed Nero. I have onboard video so some of the stuff in there doesnt apply.
I noticed that person also had a gateway, but Gateway doesnt seem to have released a fix.

 

[brendandonhu]

Bump Bump Bump couldnt resist

 

[~Candy~]

Have you tried updating your video card drivers?

 

[~Candy~]

Another thing, if you choose to start step by step, does it load without any error?

See this thread:

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63788&highlight=BFF7B018