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M6400 Windows 7 x64 RC BSODs ... any ideas?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by geewhipped, May 15, 2009.

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  1. geewhipped

    geewhipped Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've searched these forums for a solid hour looking to find somebody else having the same problem as me, so I apologize if this has been covered before:

    Ran win7 on my M6300 for quite a while with no problems... M6400 just showed up and I can't seem to work it out. seemingly random BSODs that hit at any time. Analysis shows that the first one was caused by csrss.exe, most after that were caused by ntkrnlmp.exe, which doesn't help much.
    Has anybody else had this happen and figured out which driver is causing the problem? Maybe I should ask "has anybody else installed win7 build 7100 64-bit on a M6400 and *not* had problems like this? If so, what drivers did you install beyond what windows update does for you?"

    System config is:
    Q9300 quad-core proc
    4gb RAM on 2 DIMMs
    3700M video
    RGB-LED screen (if that matters)
    64GB samsung SSD, 500gb WD 5400RPM HD (aftermarket) as secondary drive
    verizon rev-a evdo mini-pci card
    intel 5300 a/b/g card
    fingerprint scanner

    i think that's all the important parts...
    the first bsod happened before i had installed just about anything at all, other than windows updates. i've been throwing just about every other driver i can find at it to see if i can narrow it down (with the intent of reinstalling from scratch once i figure it out). every time I think I have it figured out, I'll look over at it and notice that it is BSOD'ed or post-bsod rebooting.

    really starting to get frustrated... any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure a few of you are running build 7100 on your M6400 and you know the secret sauce i'm missing.
     
  2. Christoph.krn

    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    So the M6400 is a new machine? Have you used any other operating systems on it yet? If so, which ones? Did they run well?
     
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    Barn Notebook Consultant

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    did you do a fresh install originally ?
    been running windows 7 on my covet since december with no problems
     
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    It came with Vista64 business on it, but I didn't even boot it up once... Immediately started to install win7 64 build 7100 (repartitioning, reformatting, totally clean install). Got a few BSODs that first night so I figured I screwed something up, installed a driver I shouldn't have, etc... so I did a new reformat/reinstall. was very careful and deliberate the second time, but still got a bsod after doing nothing but windows updates and installing a few small apps. Hadn't even installed antivirus yet (AVG corporate).
    Are you running 7100 on your covet? not that it should matter, really. I was running 7000 and then 7077 on my M6300 for months and I know there isn't anything *wrong* with 7100.
     
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    Oh, and I ran memtest for an hour this morning just to rule out faulty RAM... no problems, as you would assume.
     
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    Intoxicate Notebook Evangelist

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    Perhaps it's a video driver issue (this caused some bsod when I used Vista).
    I run Win 7 with video driver 179.50, works great.
     
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    installing 179.50 now, will let it run for a while and report back. thanks for the tip!
     
  8. Christoph.krn

    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    Maybe your Windows 7 iso was corrupt? Unlikely, though...
    SHA1 of the English x64 Windows 7 RC (7100): FC867FE1AB2E0A9796F9E4D155B44EA6998F4874
     
  9. geewhipped

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    Nah, got it straight from MS and used it to install on 2 other machines that are working fine. (friggin' COOKS on my new i7 940...MAN that thing is fast)
    Those of you with the dell 370 bluetooth card, what driver are you using?
     
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    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    Here's what I would do: I'd install Vista again, because it's known that it should work. If Vista doesn't work either, it must be a hardware problem.
     
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