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Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

i have recently installed a d-link WDA-2320 adapter in my computer.

everything started fine i installed the drivers then powered down and put the card in and booted and everythin worked i connected and all.

then i couldnt use internet. but while i was using my other comp to see what was wrong the internet apperently started working...in short i had 90 new updates for xp. after they installed one update did not work so once the comp rebooted and internet was nonfunctional i installed this last update.

and then happy blue screen time...

i got several freezes before booting and a few IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD's i booted in safe mode...ironicly my internet worked and everything seemed fine...but trying in normal warrants the same problems..once again i try safe mode...only it says "you cant use safe mode because you have not activated windows" or something like that...so i try normally again...now it is in an endless loop involving a BSOD like.... MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

one time some random popup said some error message but my comp crashed into a mem manegement stop message before i could read it...plz help if theres anything that can be done

srry for the long post

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

long post?... nah... people will probably want more info... but I would run a memory tester on it first off... the memory management stop messages makes it sound like the memory is bad. you may want to pull out the memory and hose the sockets with contact cleaner if you have it... and then reseat them. unplug the system first to prevent shorting something one the always on lines. definitely blow off as much dust as you can (duster can - compressed air - etc) before reseating the memory. It might be a dusty contact... but the intermittent failure makes it sound like bad bits in memory.

I have a floppy based diagnostics disk hosted on my server at
http://www.myhomeintexas.us/media/pccheck.zip

you can also download the ultimate boot cd and burn it if your system can burn and boot from CDs... you may want to do the downloading and burning on someone else's system or another system of yours that isn't having problems to insure good clean disks.

the ultimate boot cd is available at:
www.ultimatebootcd.com

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

ok...i have resorted to a new measure with new bad errors...i did a repair installation and now at about 27-25 min remaining it blue screens with either...IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL or something like THAT AND ALSO PFN_LIST_CORRUPT

ill try cleaning the memory and using that app you mentioned...ill post the outcome soon

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

and......ok i cleaned it out and cleared out all that dust...and i changed my ram sticks around a bit. im still using my kinsington 512 but i swapped my hynx(i think thats what it says i cant read it) for my elixer (both are 256)

i also have a 128 samsung but im not degrading if at all possible

forgot to mention i got a MEMORY_MANEGMENT stop error

EEps · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:30 am Post subject:

Make/model of yer comp? How old is it?

What are the specs on yer PSU? Yer PSU could be giving out on you... Sad Smile

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

i have returned...after leaving my comp off overnight it made it through the repair install and is now working...although it cant connect to the internet...it works at least

it is a compaq presario

processor-Intel celeron 1.7

RAM-1 512 Kinsington and 1 256 Elixer

GPU-onboard intel graphics accelerator (forgot the exact one)

HD-Primary Seagate 30.0 gb slave seagate 8.4 gb

PSU-Powmax 300 watt (i think im not sure)

anything else you guys need to know...

my comp is kindof working now but still you never know

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

im typing this on the problem comp...im accesing it in safe mode but normal mode doesnt connect to the internet...im irratated

EEps · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:19 am Post subject:

Try it with one mem stick installed...see how that fairs. If it's working...try the other stick by itself. If that works, try it with both. Wink Smile

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject:

This should help check out the memory as being an issue = memtest86 download

Also pick up a psu tester - $20.00 usualy at one of the comp stores.

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

ok...BSOD problem gone...internet problem back

i cannot use internet booting windows normally...however booting in safe mode (which im doing now) allows it to work...WTH?

i tried checking to see if it was winsock...wasnt messed up...i even reinstallled it but still not working. i checked the network status and it works..but my windows updates dont download right.........

on top of all that i think it could have something to do with dhcp because in my event log there are quite a few error and warnings involving it...what now?

after checking it it says..."your computer has lost lease to its ip adress" or something like that

EEps · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

Er...wait!

You don't have a legit copy of XP and the WGA shut yer normal booting down? Sad Smile

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

not quite...id like to say my copy is fully legit(for the record...)

my issue is that i can only surf the web in safe mode...i can still boot normally but cant do anything on the internet...it appears to work in normal mode but i cant connect to websites even though i can go to CMD and type "ping website" and get 4 replies....

im doing lots of anti spyware right now illl report back soon

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

suicideidiot321 wrote:
not quite...id like to say my copy is fully legit(for the record...)

my issue is that i can only surf the web in safe mode...i can still boot normally but cant do anything on the internet...it appears to work in normal mode but i cant connect to websites even though i can go to CMD and type "ping website" and get 4 replies....

im doing lots of anti spyware right now illl report back soon

you can now post URL links. I bypassed the minimum requirement.

EEps · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject:

Ah...then it could be some bad/wrong drivers that's loaded? Sad Smile

Er...scratch that. Wink Smile

Is yer router setup fer WEP/WPA? Have you tried it without security enabled? Shocking Smile

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 13

hate to say this and make things more difficult but... it is a fully unsecured network (as bad as it sounds) i never enabled it i even turned on UPnP mode (for my xbox 360)

i recently got a stop error when using CMD prompt IPCONFIG/ALL

it was DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL i think thats what it said but im sure you guys know what i mean... im sure this means a driver issue...currently im booted in safe mode and when i check my drivers all are working properly except SYMTDI but i try to start it and it says that its disabled in safe mode...so its not the problem.

im really confused now.

is there some diagnosis tool i could run and tell you guys what it says or something? maybe that would reveal more light as to my problem i dunno.

my router is a belkin...unsure of the exact model....my adapter is a d-link WDA-2320

so far ive not done much..and ive eliminated (mostly) malware as the cause but its still possible. Any ideas?