driver issue

hi

i keep getting the fatal blue screen every day or two, when i reboot it says device driver error etc, so i went onto windows update, there was 4 updates for my hardware downloaded the updates installed them and half the stuff on my pc didnt work.

so i did a system resote back a few days, anyway is there any way to find out what device is causing me the problems?

thanks in advance

 

in the blue screen of death(bsod), look for the line that contains something like this 0x0000008a. post that line here so can than see what is causing your bsod. had that error when trying to do a fresh install of xp on a customer's new pc. ended up was a bad stick of ram & than a bad videocard in a brand new pc.

 

After doing some hardware testing.....specifically MemTest86 for your memory...stay away from drivers at the MS update site.

Find, and retrieve the latest drivers from the manufacturers themselves.

 

thanks for the reply lads

ive downloaded the memtest86 that you suggested, im not to sure how it works though, do i have to put it onto a floppy?

as for the drivers is there any software i can get that will tell me what i have on my pc?

thanks again

 

what is the make & model of your pc or motherboard?

 

i dont no mate, thats why i was after some software that tells me all this info

cheers

 

is the compter a name brand like a dell or a local store bought pc?

 

i got it from a local store, no driver disks or anything with it

cheers

 

if the pc is brand new than should have got motherboard manual & motherboard driver cd.

 

its not brand new, its a few years old now, is there anyway i can find out what motherboard i have through the pc?

device manager?

thanks

 

try this program.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

hi mate

right ive downloaded the belarc software, and its saying that i have a micro star international ms-6570

which has on board nvidia graphics

hope this helps

 

check this link as they are of the ms-6570 series boards. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=k7n2

 

you can get software like "advanced windows care" that can tell you what motherboard you have.

 

Mate try a program called Everest Home Edition it gives u all your computers details and links you to your driver pages as well.

Everest
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Give that a shot.

 

right then

went onto the msi website and downloaded this live update software, it scanned my system and come up with 11 drivers, so i clicked install half way through install i got the fatal blue screen saying....

0x0000007e (0xc0000005, 0xba067cacoxfc6e558oxfc6e254

portcissys-address bad67cac base at bad 57000 date stamp 41107f13

hopefully somebody will no what this means

thanks in advance

 

check this link out in reference to 0x0000007e
http://search.microsoft.com/results...rchBtn0=Search&q=0x0000007E&first=1&FORM=PEME

 

still no joy im affraid

thanks for all the help, looks like il have to take it into a shop see if they can fix it

thanks again