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BSOD...and won't power on for 60 seconds....help!

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HaRuMaN:

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ark_ader:
Vista doesn't like being powered down right in the middle of something.  Vista will do that for you after taking the dump.  ;D

If you do power it down and restart, go and make a sandwich, play some Robotron until it comes back up.

I don't think it is thermal, more like memory issues or driver issues.  BSOD can also be software related.

Glad you went for a better PSU and I hope you cleaned out your case while you were at it.  Try going into safe mode with networking to see if you can replicate the error.  Get rid of the display drivers and get new ones from the said website.  Make sure you remove the drivers and shut down leaving the default ready upon boot.

Other than that I would forget about servicing, just get XP on it on a spare drive to see if it is indeed your hardware.

You could do a recovery with the Installation Disc...

Repair is costly and most of the time unnecessary (but I didn't tell you that) as most of the cost goes to the tech.  ;D

hulkster:
well i did get an error when i was able to actually get to the desktop giving me something about USB drivers causing the problem.  i plugged in a PS2 keyboard to see if that maybe the issue, but it still crashed.  the only thing usb i had plugged in was the mouse.  i dont want to do a clean install, but at this point i may try it just to save myself the trouble/money.  a clean install is always good to do every now and then anyway.  thats why i have 2 hdd's!  only thing i have to make sure of is that my fallout 3 save stays intact.  i installed that on my secondary hdd so i should be okay as long as the save file is stored in the same directory.  but i guess tonight ill try that....and if it fails during the clean install and reboots then i know ive got a hardware problem.  yay.

thanks for the tips guys.  really appreciate it.

DaOld Man:
I downloaded Firefox 3.0.5 which I am pretty sure is giving me the BSOD and rebooting my computer.
It seems to only happen when I have firefox up, so Im running IE now, just to see.

RayB:
BSOD could be due to faulty RAM stick too.

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