Vista Ultimate x64: Constant STOP: errors/Blue Screen

[Guest]

Hello everyone, I recently built my own pc and installed Vista Ultimate 64bit
edition - OEM. I have had daily blue screens and STOP errors since my first
install. *To make it be known, my motherboard and processor are 64 bit
compatible. *

The first time I installed Vista it crashed itself during installation with
an error: "attempt to write over reserved memory". I tried installing again
and with success, Vista proceeded to crash often. It crashed over 20 times
in less than 20 hours of use. That is no exaggeration, it literally crashed
that many times.

I then zeroed my hard drive and tried reinstalling. It crashed again during
installation, so I zeroed my hard drive again and tried reinstalling Vista.
This time it was successful.

Now it crashes less frequently, but once every time I boot up. It seems
every time I turn on my pc, within the first 5 - 10 minutes it will usually
throw me a stop error or general blue screen. Then after reboot it is good
until the next time I shut down and then restart my pc.

The stop errors and blue screen errors seem to be different every time one
occurs.

I have installed all Vista updates and drivers off cds that came with my
hardware, along with updating a few drivers from the internet. The only cd I
haven't installed that I probably should have, would be my motherboard
chipset support cd. I cannot install this because the drivers are not
digitally signed and Vista stops it from installing like it is supposed to.

Can anyone help me? Has anyone else experienced this problem?

 

[Guest]

Hi Your_User,

First off you said you built your own computer, would you mind sharing with
us the configuration please ?

 

[Guest]

I experienced the same problems even after I installed the 64bit drivers for
my video card and updated the BIOS on my Intel board. You might want to view
the problem history page--it's located in Vista's maintenance section. It
will give you some general information on the problem along with some error
codes. Then you can do a google search to get some additional info on the
problem. I even tried to go down to Vista x32. The only change was that I
didn't have as many BSODs as I did with Vista x64. I just got tired of
rebooting my Vista x64 machine and went back to XP/Pro. I haven't had any
problems since then. If you plan to go back to XP, I'd buy another HD and
load XP on it. At least you can store that other HD (with Vista) until MS and
hardware/software companies get their act together and put out some truely
Vista compatible products.

My setup: Intel D975XBX2, Dual Core E6600 Corsair 620W CPU, PSU, ATI
X1900XTX/512MB, 4GB DDR800 RAM, Liteon DVD, Logitech Keyboard/Mouse.

Good Luck.

 

[Guest]

GlennR, you solved the problem by switching back to XP? I paid too much for
Vista to have to buy another OS. I will be one to stick with Vista at least
for the sake of sending data to Microsoft to fix this issue.

My system specs:
ASUS P5NSLI motherboard
Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz processor 4MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Intel E6420)
Gigabyte Technologies Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 256MB 128bit GDDR 3 over clocked
(from the factory, not manually)
Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.0 7200 RPM hard drive
2GB(2x 1GB) Kingston 667Mhz DDR2 RAM
Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card
Linksys WMP54G Wireless Networking Card
Samsung 3.5 inch Floppy Drive
Lite On DVD+/-RW Dual Layer w/lightscribe
Lite On DVD ROM drive
550W Power Supply Unit (SLi certified)
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
For the Keyboard and Mouse I am running Intellitype and Intellipoint.

On a side note:
A strange thing is the boxes for the mouse and keyboard said "Certified For
Windows Vista" but the installers for Intellitype and Intellipoint were not
compatable with Vista, I had to get new installers from the web.

And finally here are my last two error codes:
0x00000050
0x0000003B

 

[DP]

Let me make sure I understand the situation.
Vista is the first and only OS you've put on this machine, right?
If correct, then the problem could be vista or it could be your machine.
There's no way to know for sure that it's one or the other.

 

[Guest]

Yes, that is correct. This is the first and only operating system installed
on the hard drive. It is all new hardware as well. I bought everything
brand new to assemble my computer. Now if it makes any difference, my hard
drive, dvd multi reader/writer, and floppy drive are all OEM products.
*OEM in this sense meaning that when buying OEM products from a retailer,
the OEM product comes as only the product, no manuals or box. Driver CD's
and hardware are only packaged because OEM is intended to be used by system
builders which assemble computers and do not need the the packaging.*

Now, you say that if it was the only operating system installed you cannot
tell whether it is my hardware or the operating system. I am leaning towards
Windows being at fault, although it could be the hardware but it is all brand
new. I do realize that the hardware could have manufactures defects but,
that seems to be only a small chance.

As a reminder, I have zeroed my hard drive before my last successful
installation. Meaning I had my hard drive maintenance disk write zeros to
the entire hard drive, effectively nulling any remnants of previous failed
Windows installations.

Here is a good side question, how did Vista try to write over reserved
memory during a clean installation?(which was mentioned in my first post)
That baffles me. There is nothing else on the hard drive but what Windows
put there, unless it tried to overwrite reserved memory in RAM?

Thanks everyone for the help!

 

[John Smith]

GlennR, you solved the problem by switching back to XP? I paid too much for
Vista to have to buy another OS. I will be one to stick with Vista at least
for the sake of sending data to Microsoft to fix this issue.

My system specs:
ASUS P5NSLI motherboard
Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz processor 4MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Intel E6420)
Gigabyte Technologies Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 256MB 128bit GDDR 3 over clocked
(from the factory, not manually)
Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.0 7200 RPM hard drive
2GB(2x 1GB) Kingston 667Mhz DDR2 RAM
Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card
Linksys WMP54G Wireless Networking Card
Samsung 3.5 inch Floppy Drive
Lite On DVD+/-RW Dual Layer w/lightscribe
Lite On DVD ROM drive
550W Power Supply Unit (SLi certified)
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
For the Keyboard and Mouse I am running Intellitype and Intellipoint.

On a side note:
A strange thing is the boxes for the mouse and keyboard said "Certified For
Windows Vista" but the installers for Intellitype and Intellipoint were not
compatable with Vista, I had to get new installers from the web.

And finally here are my last two error codes:
0x00000050
0x0000003B

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