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Old August 24th 05, 02:25 AM
TheRealFastlane
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:49:28 -0400, Rick T
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TheRealFastlane wrote:
Other than suggesting it may be a graphics problem I have not gotten
any assistance with these bsod's and they have got to go.
I reinstalled 2 different GeForce cards, the Voodoo and the onboard
i810 (not necessarily in that order) and the bsod's persist.
The bsod's began months after any graphics change (installed a Voodoo
card over onboard i810).

OS is HP WinMe, can I install MS upgrade Me over this and retain my
installed programs and configuration ? if so, how ?
Thanks


Fast evaluation on zero info is one of your cards have become unseated
because you keep changing graphics cards, or a bad chunk of RAM.

When do the BSOD's happen and what is the error message ? Ensure your
system BIOS is set up properly for whatever graphics solution you
currently have installed... that includes "Primary VGA" setting as well
as "disable/enable onboard graphics" setting.



"HP WinME" is the same as plain-old "WinME", if you plan on doing a
Refresh Install, why not use your original media.


Rick

System
HP pavilion 6735, 512M (2x256), Celeron 633Mhz, onboard i810 (HP
description - Integrated Intel® Direct AGP 3D graphics), NEC FP1350X,
no AV (on demand only) no firewall, not networked, dialup.

Quick History
Early April 05, installed a 3dfx Voodoo3/2000 to reduce shared system
ram (256M-11± for vid). System insisted on installing a second display
adapter (onboard i810) which I eventually fixed by installing it as
2nd instance of the 3dfx (worked fine).
Early May 05, upgraded to 512M ram.
Mid-late July 05, Uninstalled IE, reverted to 6.0.xx SP1 with 2 or 3
Q's then ran a windows update. Not immediately but shortly after this
is when the bsod's began.

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Bsod on (nearly every) start or restart
"FileName: vfat(01) + 00006AD5 Error: 0E : 0028 : C0045195"
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Cannot 3 finger from this screen, must press another key(s) then
quickly 3 finger else screen returns to the desktop which is like
800x480 (stretched vertically). Cannot access taskbar with mouse,
cannot 3finger, Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Esc do not activate the start button.
Alt-F4 brings up start/restart dialog box which does nothing.
Cold start, select 2 (bootlog), splash screen then black screen with
blinking cursor in home position but drive activity stops and keyboard
dont repond (num/capslock lites dont toggle). Repeat until eventually
starts.

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Bsod at no specific point after getting restarted but "usually"
if/when I attempt to run Diablo2 or Bejeweled Deluxe2.
"FileName: vmcpd(01) + 0000061C Error: 0D : 0028 : C0056F28"
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Early Aug, tried SR to end of July, no affect, SR to about 25 July, no
affect. Have added device=*vfat and device=*vmcpd to system.ini
[enh386] block, no affect.

Since been numerous scanreg /restore or /fix, best case scenario so
far, disable second display adapter, after vfat bsod, boot dos,
scanreg /fix, bootlog, bootlog again (windows complains, failed to
start last try), scandisk, regclean, pray.

Have Everest, Sisoft, and/or hijackthis if wanted/needed.
Not attempting to be argumentative but HP windows is not "the same" as
MS, it is similar is a valid statement.

Thanks

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