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    Bsod 6625wd

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by alliao, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. alliao

    alliao Notebook Consultant

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    *** Hardware Malfunction
    Call your hardware vendor for support
    *** The system has halted ***
    NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error

    Hi all, I've been getting this as of late. 3 or 4 occurrences in the last month or so.

    Surely my first reaction was to check the ram, however after using vista's built in memory checker and ubuntu live dvd's memory check both revealed nothing wrong.

    Searched around on the internet, and
    http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;315223&x=12&y=14
    http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Desktops/PCs/Q_22476025.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=51995&page=2

    seems real random, anyone else saw this BSOD on their rig?

    I'm running Vista Ultimate 64bits with 2GB ram single stick
    v177.83 nvidia drivers.
     
    alliao, Aug 21, 2008
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  2. Sprint

    Sprint DTR Super Mod

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    never had that one one Vista 32
     
    Sprint, Aug 21, 2008
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Could the nVidia GPU cause that message?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 21, 2008
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  4. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Yep. That's a familiar BSOD to me.

    I've always suspected heating as the cause because exactly that message started to appear during intense gaming.
    Memtest never came up with faulty RAM.
    Later on, the message would also appear during light usage.

    The third NBR thread you linked to, describes exactly imo what the problem is; a combination of dust (bunnies) preventing normal cooling and flaky RAM.
    Have you tried cleaning out the fan and/or replacing your RAM?
     
    Baserk, Aug 21, 2008
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  5. Sprint

    Sprint DTR Super Mod

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    What device is reporting the BSOD?

    can be seen in lower part of screen at BSOD
     
    Sprint, Aug 22, 2008
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  6. alliao

    alliao Notebook Consultant

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    I sure hope not John...

    Never tried this, won't this void my warranty by opening up and taking out the heatstink combo?

    I can't see any devices showing, the rest of the screen's that familiar blue.

    This does seem related to heat however, I've been playing COD4, and always happens after about 20-30mins into the game.
     
    alliao, Aug 24, 2008
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  7. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Yes. Unfortunately it will, if you break something.
    Though if you're careful then Zepto can't possibly even see that you've opended it up yourself.
    Zepto reps themselves here on NBR, have advised to regularly clean the notebook.
    Mind you, they never stated to do it yourself but otherwise you'd have to take it to the nearest Zepto shop.

    I also never got a device indication with the memory parity BSOD. It's exactly the BSOD like in this post.
    Nothing to go on :mad: .
    Have it cleaned out, if you keep on gaming I suspect you could shorten the lifetime of your Znote (or parts of it) considerably.
    Good luck.
     
    Baserk, Aug 25, 2008
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  8. alliao

    alliao Notebook Consultant

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    comforting news all around I guess..

    New bsod today, Bad_pool_Caller, anyone know if I can findout some basic logs or information on looking at the dumps it generated when crashing?

    I've updated my nvidia driver to 177.92
     
    alliao, Aug 28, 2008
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  9. Sprint

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    you need microsofts own tool to compile the error files. File itself is somewhere :)D) But I think the compilation program has it as default
     
    Sprint, Aug 29, 2008
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    Baserk Notebook user

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    Sprint, what are you talking about? Compilation program? For error messages without any details in the log?
    Has there ever been anyone who could pinpoint the exact origin of the BSOD as I linked a screenshot to?
    If you know how to do it, you'd be the first in years.
    Many years that is. You'd actually be a wizard.
    So tell us all how to use this compilation program to interpret the 'NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error' BSOD'.
     
    Baserk, Aug 29, 2008
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    alliao, Aug 29, 2008
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    Yes I mean the debugger, I just couldnt find the right word for it :D

    It transforms the dump to a readable .txt file, with about 1 million lines, where you can read everything the computer know about the BSOD

    Heres what to do:
    Download and install windbg http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
    (open command prompt (as admin) and run
    Code: 
    windbg -y srv*C;\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols -i c:\i386 -z [dump file location]
    (in one))
    Wait for it to complete
    Start searching :D

    (Note: This is basically just a copy of the linked site, but I just made it a bit easyer to follow and if the link expires)
     
    Sprint, Aug 30, 2008
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