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Title: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 14, 2007, 02:11:10 PM
Well after recent bullshit going on with my computer, now it will not stay on at all without restarting itself over and over again, so I have to run it in Safe Mode.

I think the problem is coming down to some drivers, so I ran the test at DriverAgent.com and apparently 29% of my drivers are bad.
Heres the list of teh bad:

Display adapters - Radeon 9200 (Already running the latest driver on it... which was from 2004 if I'm right)
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers - VIA Bus Master IDE Controller (No clue wtf this even is.)
Mice/pointing devices- Logitech MX510 Optical Mouse (Already using the latest driver... and the mouse is working fine... so again, wtf.)
Network adapters - Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Sound, video and game controllers - Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)
System Devices - VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge and VIA Standard Host Bridge


Its beginning to look like Mission Impossible even finding any correct and recent drivers to update to, so I might just have to bite the tongue and buy a Windows XP disk (or borrow one) because I can't find any laying around.

If anybody knows where I can get any of those drivers or maybe which drivers might cause my computer to go into restart mode when not in Safe, then please let me know. I tried switching the setting off that makes it so it doesn't restart when Windows finds a problem, but that just led to the blue screen of death.


Oh, and I was wondering if it was even worth re-installing Windows since that would still mean I'd have to update all of my drivers... but I CLEARLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, EVER.. I just want this pos to start working right again.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: gangals on February 14, 2007, 04:56:25 PM
Did you do / change anything when the restarting started? Does it restart when you start any particular type of program? When it does restart are you activly using the computer or even when it is sitting idle?
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Raptor on February 14, 2007, 07:12:44 PM
windows has that system restore feature, might want to give that a try.

however, with it being made by windows, it never worked for me.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 14, 2007, 07:21:23 PM
Quote from: gangals on February 14, 2007, 04:56:25 PM
Did you do / change anything when the restarting started? Does it restart when you start any particular type of program? When it does restart are you activly using the computer or even when it is sitting idle?

No I didn't change anything at all that I'm aware of. I think it was even after a day or so that I was not even home to use the computer because I was staying at my dad's for the weekend.
It restarts about maybe 30 seconds (give or take) after turning the computer on. This is not limited to any single account, and it will go ahead and restart even at the user logn screen.
For like a week it was doing the restart thing, and pulling up some error message once it started. It would restart a couple times and then finally stay on (still giving the error message, but actually staying on without going into another restart). Then I tried System Restoring it to maybe a month before the problem starting happening, but that didn't yield any results.

I really don't know what the hell could have happened to mess anything up. There wasn't any storms or anything during the weekend before it started happening (and I've got a surge protector), and no new programs were installed prior to it happening.


When the Error messages first started coming up, it had something to do with NT Authority shutting it down for something, and somewhere in the message included "C:\windows\system32\services.exe".
Now I am just getting "System has recovered from a serious failure" or something like that, but it still ends up restarting.
Oh, and with both messages, even after closing it, a couple more with the same thing would pop up after closing the previous ones.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: gangals on February 14, 2007, 08:00:20 PM
Does it look something like this:

(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4395/297668450101vw0.gif)


http://support.gateway.com/s/issues/2-976684501.shtml
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 14, 2007, 10:05:18 PM
Quote from: gangals on February 14, 2007, 08:00:20 PM
Does it look something like this:

(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4395/297668450101vw0.gif)


http://support.gateway.com/s/issues/2-976684501.shtml

Yeah thats the original message that would first come up. I ran that Wormblaster thing a few days ago but it didn't come up with anything.
Now I don't get that error anymore though (can't remember if I stopped getting it before or after running the WormBlaster).
Now I just keep getting the "This system has just recovered from a serious failure blah blah blah" message, and then it restarts.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Dr P4nyk on February 14, 2007, 10:07:22 PM
Did you check the application logs?  It should give you some insight.

P4nyk
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: gangals on February 14, 2007, 10:19:57 PM
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on February 14, 2007, 10:07:22 PM
Did you check the application logs?  It should give you some insight.

P4nyk

Damn You! I was just about to recommend that to see what poorly coded service was causing all the trouble.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 15, 2007, 11:53:22 AM
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on February 14, 2007, 10:07:22 PM
Did you check the application logs?  It should give you some insight.

P4nyk

Where would they be located?



Damn internets are painfully slow running in safe mode
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: gangals on February 15, 2007, 08:02:34 PM
Go to START, RUN and type "eventvwr"
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 15, 2007, 08:46:51 PM
Ok thanks... here are the first two Errors that are logged, both occurred on 2/2/07.

First one------------The Windows Security Center Service was unable to establish event queries with WMI to monitor third party AntiVirus and Firewall.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.



Second one---------WinMgmt could not initialize the core parts.  This could be due to a badly installed version of WinMgmt, WinMgmt repository upgrade failure, insufficient disk space or insufficient memory.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.



All of the Errors are of those two things, some Application Hangs, and some Application Errors.

I Googled up one of the errors and am going to try out a fix. Hopefully this works, if not, the search continues.


Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: ryanfido on February 15, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......

don't even get started.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: fredsambo on February 16, 2007, 03:36:09 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 15, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......

don't even get started.

Why not?  Have you had trouble with Linux in the past?
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: mr_doc on February 16, 2007, 04:41:20 PM
That's Bill Gates' way of saying he wants you to 'upgrade' to vista  :(
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: PHISH-PHREAK on February 16, 2007, 08:55:42 PM
Quote from: fredsambo on February 16, 2007, 03:36:09 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 15, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......

don't even get started.

Why not?  Have you had trouble with Linux in the past?

Everything I own doesnt work as good as it does on windows. Also it is way to confusing to me.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: splynt0r on February 17, 2007, 12:28:48 AM
Quote from: PHISH-PHREAK on February 16, 2007, 08:55:42 PM
Quote from: fredsambo on February 16, 2007, 03:36:09 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 15, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......

don't even get started.

Why not?  Have you had trouble with Linux in the past?

Everything I own doesn't work as good as it does on windows. Also it is way to confusing to me.

Thats because you're not using it properly, I had minor problems at the start with music and WiFi and everything works perfectly now, even Gizmo and Skype, exept the fact that there is no tool for gnome yet that will Unrar things.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: fredsambo on February 17, 2007, 05:11:31 AM
Quote
exept the fact that there is no tool for gnome yet that will Unrar things

Um, this is not true!

http://gnochive.sourceforge.net/history.html (http://gnochive.sourceforge.net/history.html)
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: frog on February 17, 2007, 08:52:21 AM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 17, 2007, 12:28:48 AM
Thats because you're not using it properly, I had minor problems at the start with music and WiFi and everything works perfectly now, even Gizmo and Skype, exept the fact that there is no tool for gnome yet that will Unrar things.

Unrar is a standard package included with [most] distros of Linux. Google returns 530,000 results for "unrar linux." Then there are even more third party applications for rarchives.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: splynt0r on February 17, 2007, 09:35:11 AM
Thanks alot , I was searching for the wrong tools  :-\
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: PHISH-PHREAK on February 17, 2007, 11:18:39 AM
I would use Linux but...

A) My sound card wont stream the audio from my TV to my PC speakers as it does on Windows.
B) I couldn't get MP3s to play.
C) Every thing I found on how to fix these problems was way over my head.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: ryanfido on February 17, 2007, 11:01:37 PM
Quote from: fredsambo on February 16, 2007, 03:36:09 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 15, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 15, 2007, 10:57:11 AM
Use Linux.......

don't even get started.

Why not?  Have you had trouble with Linux in the past?

linux stole my wallet. linux slept with my girlfriend. linux stole my bike.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: gangals on February 17, 2007, 11:23:11 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 17, 2007, 11:01:37 PM
linux stole my wallet. linux slept with my girlfriend. linux stole my bike.

Correction:

You never had money in the first place.

You never had a girlfriend.

And if you did, she would leave you for someone with a car.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: widge on February 17, 2007, 11:26:44 PM
Code: [Select]
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printf "Unrar is a standard package included with [most] distros of Linux. Google returns 530,000 results for \"unrar linux.\" Then there are even   more third party applications for rarchives."; 
?>
Chinese people are illustrated.
That's why rednecks like me use Linux and yeah my Chevy doesn't run any microsoft.
Sometimes when I'm tired of having to deal with conflicting driver issues I type rmmod dri; dd if=/dev/urandon of=/mnt/microsoft; apt-get install ati-drivers; modprobe dri;

Chocolate Milk

It sure is complimicated


Elmo Pimps Hoe's

Sometimes

the funny thing is ... We're using linux all the time and not knowing it
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: ryanfido on February 18, 2007, 10:06:33 AM
Quote from: gangals on February 17, 2007, 11:23:11 PM
Quote from: ryanfido on February 17, 2007, 11:01:37 PM
linux stole my wallet. linux slept with my girlfriend. linux stole my bike.

Correction:

You never had money in the first place.

You never had a girlfriend.

And if you did, she would leave you for someone with a car.

well, then talk to paypal and ebay, they both paid out about 2k each.

my girlfriend is 18, and last time i checked, she was more than a friend.

my 96 plymouth neon could smoke you
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: ryanfido on February 18, 2007, 10:07:18 AM
Quote from: widge on February 17, 2007, 11:26:44 PM
Code: [Select]
<?php 
printf "Unrar is a standard package included with [most] distros of Linux. Google returns 530,000 results for \"unrar linux.\" Then there are even   more third party applications for rarchives."; 
?>
Chinese people are illustrated.
That's why rednecks like me use Linux and yeah my Chevy doesn't run any microsoft.
Sometimes when I'm tired of having to deal with conflicting driver issues I type rmmod dri; dd if=/dev/urandon of=/mnt/microsoft; apt-get install ati-drivers; modprobe dri;

Chocolate Milk

It sure is complimicated


Elmo Pimps Hoe's

Sometimes

the funny thing is ... We're using linux all the time and not knowing it


I'm not.


Hot pockets.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: widge on February 18, 2007, 04:25:02 PM
Google runs on Linux.
Yahoo runs on FreeBSD.
These forums runs on Windows NT which is a derivative of the old AT&T bell web service daemon (Linux).
The device you plug your Microsoft computer into when you want to connect to the Internet, that router thingy sitting on top of your black and white TV, it's running Linux.

Chocolate milk beats hot pocket.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 21, 2007, 01:33:21 PM
Well I think I got it fixed... finally. After looking at the blue screen again, and reading more into it, I did a google search of one thing that was always on there and I just didn't pay too much attention too. Something like system:\lzx32.sys ... not sure if it was in that format, but I know it was lzx32.sys.
Apparently this is a Trojan or some kind of malware... so I ran some thing to remove it, and things seem to be working good now. Most likely picked it up while downloading a ton of stuff off of uTorrent or Limewire. Hopefully there wasn't any keylogger or anything in it though to haxxor my information.

To think... all this bullshit I've been going through trying to figure out the problem, and all I had to do was read the blue screen better, google, and run a program.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: fredsambo on February 21, 2007, 02:24:02 PM
Never squeal on the pusher
Don't lie to your mama
Just do what you wanna and it'll be okay
Don't swim in the water
Don't fly in the daytime
Just do what you wanna and it'll be okay

Never smuggle no candy
Can't be whatcha wanna
When you hafta go
Down to the darkest places
Yeah you're gonna be okay

Don't say what's really on your mind
Gotsta give it just a little more time
And try to remember this rhyme and you'll be okay

Now I know I turn you on
And I think you and I could get along
Don't, don't get me wrong you gonna be alright

Say it with me now
Never squeal on the pusher
Don't lie to your mama
Just do what you wanna and it'll be okay

Never squeal on the pusher
Don't lie to your mama
Just do what you wanna and it'll be okay
Don't swim in the water
Don't fly in the daytime
Just do what you wanna and it'll be okay

WEEN
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: Jersey on February 22, 2007, 12:19:35 PM
Ran McAfee and picked up a bunch of some thing... forget the name of it but when I looked it up it said it mainly just did email spamming of email addresses it obtains from the computer. Got rid of those

Internet seems to be running a tad bit slower then what it normally seems to run at though, so there still might be something hiding.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: splynt0r on February 22, 2007, 12:55:42 PM
A friend of mine had spysheriff. I think it added his PC to a botnet but I'm not quite sure. So he installed Ubuntu.
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: ryanfido on February 23, 2007, 12:08:20 AM
Quote from: splynt0r on February 22, 2007, 12:55:42 PM
A friend of mine had spysheriff. I think it added his PC to a botnet but I'm not quite sure. So he installed Ubuntu.

why doesnt your friend just NOT download spysheriff?
Title: Re: Driver problems r teh gay.
Post by: splynt0r on February 23, 2007, 02:58:19 AM
How the hell should I know, he's lame...