Spec:
Running on XPS M1530
Got dual-boot: Windows XP SP3 and Vista Premium

Problem:
Play Dota crash. Error prompt saying graphics driver got a lil problem. Then things changed to VGA. Had to restart. From then, BSOD.



Hit F8 to try different options, none worked including safe mode. Safe mode also BSOD.

I tried to get the minidump file. But to no avail. Cant get them from C:/windows/minidump
I can access my other boot: vista though. Just XP got BSOD, which most likely being cost by the nvidia graphic driver.

Please advice.

This post has been edited by Gyokumen_Koushu: Dec 10 2008, 03:22 AM


Attached File(s)
 Minidump.zip ( 246.12k ) Number of downloads: 9

System repair = reinstall xp ?
Hmm. How to repair ? Noob here. Thanks

Yes, im using kaspersky.

I just repaired it. But got an error in the midst of doing it.



The problem does not ends there. Now my Vista OS no longer shows in the booting option menu. Instead all i can see is XP and it somehow configured to like auto-select within seconds.

I really dun get it. I install vista in C:/ and XP in D:/. Even there's a problem in repairing XP, how can it affect my vista anyhow ?

How to get about in this situation ? Thanks in advance.
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Can reinstall XP solve the problem ? Anyway i can keep my existing files ?

This post has been edited by Gyokumen_Koushu: Dec 10 2008, 09:49 PM

Instead of BSOD, i've got that in xp.

*** CANNOT Enter both OS ***
When i install dual boot on my xps, I have vista, then only i install xp. So, i really dun think how it would affect the boot sequence.

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Added on December 10, 2008, 10:38 pmLOL !!!! I knew why. Cause my XP is SP3. The cd used for repair is SP2.

This post has been edited by Gyokumen_Koushu: Dec 10 2008, 10:38 PM

Yeah. Need more pros to share their view. Cause i have been developing web + database for a project. Cannot risk losing them.

Err. Cannot solve le. What do you suggest ? Instead of reinstalling XP ? I would wanna backup the files 1st.

Last resort: reinstalling XP.
What for: to access my vista =.=

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Added on December 10, 2008, 10:50 pmHow about injecting SP3 into the CD ? Can it be done ?

This post has been edited by Gyokumen_Koushu: Dec 10 2008, 10:50 PM

Fake setup call himself instead original "Setup.exe"
Confirmed is due to my repair cd version is not compatible with my current system.

If you are pretty sure system repair can solve the BSOD, then i think it's pretty much worth the try. To burn a new copy of XP cd which is compatible to my current sys, so that it can repair.

Okay. XPS M1530 came in vista. It does not have official drivers on XP platform. There's a thread in dell where i found those drivers for xp, not officially certified but were close to be compatible. I have been using the dual boot for 1 year, so far it's all good. Kaspersky has been in my laptop for that long also.

The only problem i've had over in a year is that the driver of nvidia tends to hang, and it would revert to vga. Restarting laptop cannot help. But rolling back driver + reinstall driver can. Total hang over nvidia is less than 10x in a year.

Therefore, i would dare to say the bsod is actually caused by the graphic driver somehow, perhaps even indirectly i dunno. But that's what the past experience is telling. Furthermore, before BSOD, i was playing dota. Then hang, then things changed to vga. Same symptom.

I would run chkdsk now. But guess maybe got some bad sectors. Within this month, had the same dota + vga thingy for about 3x. But restart no bsod at all. Even no prob with graphics. All as usual.

I had speedfan installed, used to overclock. But changed to factory settings already. Now use it only to monitor the temperature and speed on samurize.

Summary from all the articles:

1. I should run chkdsk to make sure my hdd is error free.
2. If free, go Windows Recovery Console:
*expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
*hit Y, then enter to overwrite file.

But 1 thing, even if everything is done accordingly, and even it is solved - It is solved for BSOD.

LOL. Repair halfway, the files doesnt match. I still got stucked here. Correct ?
I googled but it doesnt seem injecting SP3 @ imaging it to XP cd is possible. Im in a real deepsh*t !!!!!

But not your fault, mine cause i installed sp3 !!!! omg

whoah !!! Thanks alot. I would try to image em then. LOL. I was like thinking whether or not i can get a pirated xp sp3. lmao

chkdsk running. Okay francis. Thanks for your help today. I would update the status tomorrow.

hmm. Nvrm if it got worst. Actually it's still under warranty. It's just that i wanted to backup first.

lol dual-boot with cheapo drivers + xp3. All also i cari pasal myself. lol. C le. If cannot solve, i personally deliver the laptop for you to help me out. lol. Then i belanja yam cha. ><

lol, under warranty, for hardware yes.
Got dual-boot i dun think they would help. Cause the technician said i wld void warranty by doing so. Therefore would only go if h/w got problem.

Btw, you were right, i dun have those files, all in the laptop, gotta backup. Cause i think that sp3 was beta 2nd/3rd batch. If i use the latest patch of sp3 can it work ?

chkdsk shows there were few error repaired.
So i wld try to overwrite the file you posted earlier from the log after i solved the os repair problem.

Would keep you posted. Thanks.

francischuahcw: Remember my problem ? Dual-boot + sp3 ?

I tried so many ways to slipstream sp3. Finally got it right. There's a bug with nLite. Cannot works with SP2 which was already slipstreamed with other drivers in it (eg: sata driver).

I had to manually slipstream from dos. And in the final xp sp3 with sata driver: haih, that cd actually skips the main menu, even the t&c page, straight up to the list of partition detection. Could not even access recovery console let alone the repair option.

Guess i've got no options but to reinstall xp ? That the last resort ?

Thanks to francischuahcw for all his help. Got my sys back online. Thanks.