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    Driver related issues

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dksupremacy, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. dksupremacy

    dksupremacy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, is their a program out their that can check the stability of device drivers?
     
    dksupremacy, Jan 13, 2008
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    M1chel Notebook Geek

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    Not directly, I wouldn't think so. But you can test the drivers by excersising the hardware that they are driving. So, to test, say, the video drivers, you'd run graphics/gaming/CAD benchmarks and such, and so on. What sort of driver(s) are you interested in?
     
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    dksupremacy Notebook Consultant

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    well i keep getting the BSOD when i do a anti spyware or anti-virus sweep, and after restarting, windows says its a driver related problem, but it didnt say which one, so i have no idea how to solve this issue
     
    dksupremacy, Jan 13, 2008
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  4. ejl

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    well, one thing you can do is check event viewer (control panel, administrative tools) to see if it gives you the error message for the program that caused the bsod
     
    ejl, Jan 14, 2008
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    how about the bsod ? does it tell you some kind of stop 0x0...... error ?

    can you describe what the bsod says ?
     
    schoko, Jan 14, 2008
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