Bluescreen problem

I've been using my new T61 for about a month now and recently, it's been have a bit of problem.

For the last 2 days, the bluescreen came up many time. Today it came up 2 times while I was reading this small pdf file.

It was STOP 000 000D1

I dunno what it is and this is a first time a laptop has gone bsod on me.

Here's my specs

T61 14.1"
T7300
2gig ram
100gig 7200rpm

I don't have any major programs installed on it because it's new. I've only installed Google Earth, Firefox and FoxIt.

I've looked in the control panel to see the Problem report:

Any idea why my laptop is doing this?

 

This is Windows Vista I assume?

Are all your drivers up to date?

 

i recommend running a checkdisk from a bootdisk with the /r option. this will move that data to a good portion of the hard drive.

 

Giving you the benefit of what I learned in the past two weeks with the same problem:

...it could be bad RAM. Download the free iso: MEMTEST86 v3.4 . Burn the iso, insert the CD in your PC and reboot. Run the memory test for 2 passes. If error free, your RAM is ok.

...If RAM is ok then boot up with your XP install CD and go into Recovery mode. Run CHKDSK /r. This will repair any corrupt files.

...Try to determine what initially caused your BSOD. Did you change any driver recently? Did you do any driver update recently? If so, revert back to original driver.

Please report back with your results and any other info and we can help you sort thru the problem.

 

Doing the Memtest right now, we'll see what it gives us. When I first received my laptop, it was missing 1gig of ram. So Lenovo sent me the additional ram 2 weeks ago which I also installed.

I don't have an XP install CD. I forgot to mention that I received the laptop with Vista 32

If I remember correctly, the only drivers I updated were for the Wifi card and the nVidia graphics card. Could that be the problem?

 

Twitch,

Let us know the results of the MemTest86. It sounds like you have 2 x 1GB. I think each pass of the memtest will take about one hour.

It does not have to be an XP install disk as long as you can get into full DOS. So, it can be W2K install disk, for example. Or, download and burn the ISO boot disk "Hiren's Boot CD" that will put you into pure DOS. Then do the CHKDSK /r command.

Installing a new driver for your Nvidia could cause instabilities and BSODs especially if it is one of the leading edge laptopvideo2go.com drivers. This could occur even with good RAM. If your RAM tests good.....then look at your video driver.

Good luck,

Alacrity

 

I finished the Memtest, took 2 hours like you said. The RAM passed. As for the nVidia drivers, I've only updated them by using Windows update.

 

I read a little bit of the thread on the Lenovo forums about this problem. There seems to be a trend with it happening when having 2 DIMMS with RAM in them. If you are still experiencing it you could take out the 2nd DIMM and see if it stops, although it'll be slow. If that fixes it I suggest just getting another 2gb stick to use instead of the one, then when Lenovo figures this all out and fixes it you will have 3gb ready to run.

EDIT: Here is the thread I was referring to: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/...s&thread.id=55&view=by_date_ascending&page=25. The 4th post down is where I got what I said from.

 

Jest,

I don't think it is the 2X RAM issue. That involved failures or PC crashes while playing intensive 3D gaming. Twitch is getting BSODs at a low level of usage.


Twitch,

Ok. Good! Your RAM is fine. Now do the CHKDSK /r which will repair any file corruption on your hard drive.

That may be sufficient to fix your problem. You could have had a fluke failure.

On specific Video Drivers, sometimes it can take a lot of painful testing to find the video driver that works for all your PC usage AND is stable. By the way, what is your video board/GPU? On my T61p with the FX570m, I am using the video driver: Nvidia Quadro FX570m 12/10/2007 6.14.11.5685. I think this is also under the Lenovo download site but dtd in Jan 08. I THINK the Lenovo video drivers are considered more stable than the other sources (including windows).

So, you may want to CHKDSK /r, then remove the Nvidia dirver, then clean your registry, the install 6.14.11.5685.

But first if you find a lot of errors via CHKDSK, then try running for awhile with your present video driver. (I don't think CHKDSK will list your errors or the number of errors but if it takes an awful long time to plow thru your hard drive then it probably means it was pretty well messed up.

Good luck.

 

I'm downloading the Hiren boot disk right now.

My video card is Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M 22/02/2008 Version 7.15.11.7431

 

Twitch,

Sounds good. You will see about 10 different DOS systems in the Hiren Disk menu. It doesn't really matter which one you choose as long as that system has the CHKDSK command included in it.

Let us know your results.

Alacrity

 

I'm experiencing the same problems too.
T61, 2.4Ghz, 4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M

Whenever i try to game BSOD comes out.
I realized my graphic driver is the same as threadstarter's.
I'm trying out installing a driver of different version from Lenovo's website though.

 

Oh no, after reinstalling the drivers.

Halfway through the game, now a message 'Graphics driver stopped responding and has recovered'

 

Make sure you've updated your Windows with the necessary patches. There're quite a few Windows patches that specifically addresses and fixes certain STOP errors. I'm not sure if yours is one of them but I'd make sure its updated. Also make sure to look at patches that are labeled as recommended but not critical.

 

> My video card is Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M 22/02/2008 Version 7.15.11.7431

That driver version is NOT from the Lenovo site. Did you not read what alacrityathome posted?

I have a T61 with Nvidia Quadro also, and started having similar problems when Windows Update helpfully offered to upgrade my driver to this same driver version and I foolishly allowed it to. (And I don't have automatic updates turned on. If you do, I don't know if it might have installed it for you automatically) You can simply bring up the driver properties panel from Device Manager and choose Roll back driver.