-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows XP BSOD When Attempting Wireless Network
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:11:04 -0500
This helps a TON, but also brings up a bunch of questions that I may not
quite have the proper words to ask, so bear with me here. lol
The error you have here is just another way of showing the BSOD error codes.
Specifically, it translates to,
STOP: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
(which means you have a serious hardware issue)
0x0000009C (0x00000000, 0x8054E0F), 0xA2000000, 0x84010400)
The four codes in parenthesis are not quite as important as the one outside
of it, but that's good because the second one inside should never include a
')' in it. I suspect it should have even a '0', but I hesitate to go with a
suspicion when it comes to these things.
Problems like this are often very difficult to properly diagnose, so there's
a chance we may not get very far after possibly spending a lot of time on
this. Troubleshooting hardware issues can lead us through numerous
seemingly unrelated paths (drivers, excess heat, port connections, etc.).
I'm not trying to scare you with that. I'm just preparing you for what
could be the worst possible scenario. So, let's begin by ruling out some of
the basics.
The first thing I'd like you to do is to open up the Event Viewer and see if
you can locate this same error report in there. It will probably be listed
within the System area, but that's not a definite. To open it up, go to
Start > Run, type in 'eventvwr.msc' (without the quotes) and press Enter.
Once opened, click on the word System in the left pane to see all of the
recorded events within that category. The report you seek will have a red X
before it, but I can't help you with its full title since I have no record
of this particular BSOD. To see a full error report, just double click on
one of the lines to open up another window. Start at the top and work your
way downwards opening all of the ones with a red X If you do find it, the
separate window will allow you to Copy the full report so it can be pasted
into a reply to this email. If you don't find it within the System area,
check within the Application area. I'm asking for this info just in case
the full report with the correct code will lead us to a much faster solution
than manual troubleshooting.
Next, open up Device Manager (Start > Run > devmgmt.msc) and see if there
are any hardware devices that are not being recognized properly. Let me
know what you find.
I'd also like you to describe when/how this started. Were there ANY changes
(external hardware added, software added, settings changed, etc) made to the
system just before it started?
Happy Holidays,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "tempting2taanzaa" <tempting2taanzaa@xxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:01 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows XP BSOD When Attempting Wireless Network
> Hi:
>
> I am thankfully off for four wonderful days and am finally able to turn my
> attention to searching this blue screen error code. I had to set my
> laptop
> not to auto-restart after a system error. I checked the box in system
> properties, rebooted and proceeded to disable the wireless adapter to
> trigger the blue screen. Instead of a blue screen, the laptop screen went
> black, then let out one long beep, then restarted. So, after the restart,
> I
> checked to make sure the option to not auto-restart was still unchecked
> and
> it was. So, I turned the other laptop on to see if having the shared
> connection would trigger the blue screen. I also did some looking around
> through network connections. After looking through network connections
> and
> not making any changes, I clicked the OK radio button and the laptop
> blue-screened and restarted (even though it was not supposed to restart).
> After windows loaded I received a message stating the system had recovered
> from a serious error and I did get an error signature:
>
> BCCode: 9c BCP1: 00000000 BCP2: 8054E0F) BCP3:
> A2000000 BCP4: 84010400 OSVer: 5_1_2600
>
> SP: 3_0 Product: 768_1
>
> I don't know if this will help or not.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything
below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary.
To unsubscribe or change your email settings:
//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
To access our Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to:
pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to:
pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---------------------------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
