Blue Screen Win 7

Discussion in 'Software' started by bearsfolks, Dec 27, 2009.

  1. bearsfolks

    bearsfolks Private E-2

    I am a new member, although I've often been directed to your site via Google or Bing.

    The last few times that my Inspiron 1525 has restored windows, it has flashed the Blue Screen for a few seconds, and once it recommended a chkdsk and found and fixed some errors, and another time it started just fine.

    I am running a dualboot Win 7/Vista OS, and the problem has happened when using Win 7 (which is what I use most of the time).

    I ran WinDbg, and that's about the extent of my skills. The dump is attached, and I hope you can tell me what is wrong, or what additional information would be useful.

    Thanks for any help you can give me.
     

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    bearsfolks, Dec 27, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Thats a general error that could be caused by a number of things, just check all your Drivers in Windows 7 are latest ones, including the chipset or any CPU drivers that maybe applicable to your motherboard and CPU and that your security applications are up to date and Windows 7 compatible.


    Just a quick question, why dual boot Vista? if you use Windows 7 more then have that on the PC only as its a step up from Vista and will run most if not all apps that Vista will, I while I liked Vista, dont dual boot at all, I prefer for legacy OSes to run a Virtual Machine for those older OSes, and have XP SP3, Vista SP2, Win7 and 3 Linux's in VPC 2007
     
    DavidGP, Dec 27, 2009
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  3. bearsfolks

    bearsfolks Private E-2

    Halo, I checked my drivers, and while some programs like DriverMax show outofdate drivers, when I go to Device Manager and try to update the driver there, it says that I have the latest driver. What would you suggest I do? I tried finding some of the drivers that DriverMax had suggested, and was able to find some, but not all. Is there an easier way to do this?

    I'm using the Windows Firewall, and Avast Antivirus v4.8 which is compatible with Win 7, and is uptodate.

    The reason I have Vista on the machine is because it came with it, and I am trying Win 7 to see how I like it. Once I've made that decision, I'll remove Vista.

    I'll keep track of whether or not I get any more Blue Screens.

    Thanks
     
    bearsfolks, Dec 28, 2009
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  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    The best way to check for drivers is not using any driver program nor windows and clicking update drivers.
    Go to Dell's site and either put in your Inspiron model 1525 or put in your service tag, located somewhere on a sticker on your computer. After you are at the Inspiron 1525 page, click on drivers and see what Dell shows for your computer. Check the date of the drivers against what you are running on your computer.
     
    plodr, Dec 28, 2009
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  5. bearsfolks

    bearsfolks Private E-2

    Hi Plodr:

    i tried doing what you had suggested, i.e., went to Dell, entered my tag, and looked for drivers. However, Dell only shows 32-bit Vista in the Operating System box, and I'm trying to use Windows 7 (64-bit). So my question is whether these drivers would be appropriate for me?

    Thanks for your help.
     
    bearsfolks, Dec 30, 2009
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  6. jconstan

    jconstan MajorGeek

    Nope. 64 bit drivers for 64 bit OS's.
     
    jconstan, Dec 30, 2009
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  7. bearsfolks

    bearsfolks Private E-2

    My apologies (particularly to Plodr). I should have mentioned right up front that I was using 64bit Win 7.

    Out of curiosity, though, what if were using 32bit Win 7--so far, I don't think that any of my programs are making much (if any) use of the 64bit. How would I then find if I have the latest drivers, given that Dell does not show 32bit Win 7 as an operating system on the page for Driver Downloads for my laptop?

    TIA.
     
    Last edited: Dec 30, 2009
    bearsfolks, Dec 30, 2009
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  8. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Before I'd install an OS, I'd see if the manufacturer supported it.
    Since Dell only shows drivers for XP and 32 bit Vista, I'd stick to one of those OSes.

    http://support.dell.com/support/top...7C049BB5ACFD34F1E040AE0AB8E12A76&docid=364750
    That means if you want to run Win 7 then you should be running the 32 bit version.
     
    plodr, Dec 31, 2009
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