HELP (plz) W/ WINME AND BSOD!!!

[Cyborg3D]

I made a system for somebody (he is paying me)

T-Bird 800mhz
FIC AZ-11 w/ 44NR bios
(internal snd)
128mb ram (tried 2 different kinds)
VOODOO3 3000
Linksys 10mbit network
Fujitsu 30gb 7200 Drive
Sony CRW-140e
Samsung 52x cdrom

It randomly gives different errors such as Windows Protection Error or VXD error and other errors. Some pop-up from nowhere, or sometimes you click post or anything else on some website and it BSODs

I thought it was ram, and tried a different kind, but it still does the same thing
Tried to disable internal sound and it still crashes

ALSO it crasher explorer in Unknown or User.exe sometimes

I tried formatiing/installing WinME 2 times already!

PS. I have Via 2.25a and latest v3 3000 and latest audio drivers installed!


WHAT TO DO?
PLEASE HELP!

 

[snuggy]

I have also been experiencing the "Iexplore has caused an error in USER.exe" as well as one for "GDI.exe". They come from nowhere and are a pain. Let's both add this thread to our favorites and if we find an answer independent of here, we can share !

 

[Cyborg3D]

big *** bump!

 

[GuardianAli]

It may be that the OS isnt recognizing the chipset correctly...try and getting the lastest chipset drivers for it.

 

[Cyborg3D]

i did.....

 

[Cyborg3D]

im gonna try the ram i have in my pc, and if it will not work, than it's a videocard or motherboard! (AGHRRR)

 

[Cyborg3D]

i tried it w/ Asus v3400 (tnt) but the monitor didn't light up (?)
so.. what should i do? what doesn't work? cpu? motherboard?

 

[AKA]

Your gonna have to try one thing at a time. Its possible your motherboard is flaky. At this point though there isnt much telling. Gonna have to take one step at a time.

Get to a point where you can reproduce the problem everytime.

Boot in safe mode and see if you can reproduce the same problem the way you did previously.
If you cant reproduce it, then its probably software related, drivers or something.
If you can reproduce it in safe mode, then its probably hardware related.

Yank everything out except whats needed, try to reproduce it again.
If it happens again, then start replacing each unit one at a time. Til you cant reproduce it.
When you cant reproduce it, put the suspected bad part back in and reproduce it again just to make sure.

All the way down to the power supply and motherboard.

 

[Cyborg3D]

I tried installing Windows 2000 yesterday and it gave me
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen before the setup!!!
i tried calling fic, left em a msg, but didn't receive a call back...
Should I try calling AMD?

P.S. I am gonna try what A.K.A. Suggested, hopefully it works...
This time im gonna install Windows 98se

 

[LongTimePCUser]

Can you get it to run in a stable way with absolutely minimal hardware configuration?
System board + cpu + memory + simple video board that was working in another system + hard drive.
Also set the bios memory settings to be as conservative as possible.
If this does not work then it is probably the system board or the cpu.
If it works then add boards back one at a time until it fails.

 

[Cyborg3D]

I AM GOD(TM)
i set the bios to fail safe, and windows 2000 installed PERFECTLY! BWUHAHAHAHAHA
i'll check the bios settings and let ya'll know what was causing the problem... or i might just let it be...