BSOD's galore in XP SP1

[Paddy]

Cheers T, I dont really want to sell it, but if it doesn't work...

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Wombat
If there is, Zokes has it, somehow.

Hehe, sad but true.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Paddy [MU]
Cheers T, I dont really want to sell it, but if it doesn't work...

You should sell BOTH and get a couple MP chips instead.

[Paddy]

Nice idea, but I dont think it's financially viable. erm, wait a min.
Tony, you can have them for £200

[Fat Tone]

Originally posted by Paddy [MU]
Nice idea, but I dont think it's financially viable. erm, wait a min.
Tony, you can have them for £200

Including the Mobo - sure

[Paddy]

LOL - No chance!

[Paddy]

Still no BSODs since i've removed the second CPU.
What does that say?

[The PIT]

Lulling you into a sense of false security.

[Paddy]

OK it has been 3and a half days of constant use, with no reboots and no BSOD. I am going to put the CPU back i an now try removing other cards. I want this to work....

What do you think my chances are?

[Paddy]

I just have my Asus USB2 controller, my AIW8500DV, my Intel PRO/100+ NIC and my adaptec 2100S.

The live is on the sideline for the moment.

Fingers crossed!

[Paddy]

OK It is three hours later.
I am back from lunch and I notice that SETI is still running two instances on seperate processors.

I fired up a coulpe of internet explorer windows and they gave me a fatal error with a couple of dlls, as above.

Now it is still working, as i am posting this.
The Live! is not in the computer, and I am using the Catalyst 2.5 drivers. The system was solid until i put the second CPU in.

I'll leave it on a tad longer and see what happens.

[Paddy]

As soon as i hit submit on the above post, I got another fatal error followed by a popup from 'Dr Watson Postmortem Dubugger' and then finally a BSOD.

WTF is this???

I am confused. The computer works fine if i dont touch it.
I had two instances of SETI which were processing work units normally. KaZaA K++ was connected as usuall and Outlook was getting my mail in the background.

It only crashed when i opend up an IE window and tried to navigate.

HELP!

[Topha]

Maybe its IE? Try Opera, and see if it still happens.

[The PIT]

Mmm takes out cpu works fine put cpu back in and bsods. Points finger at cpu.

[Paddy]

I know. But does it?

For example, the Live! works fine with one CPU. If i use the latest creative drivers, i get no problems.
As soon as I insert a second CPU, the Live! falls apart. That is not the CPU's fault. It's the badly written drivers that wont work in SMP.

I am trying to establish if it is the CPU. I know it looks likely, but I want to be thorough and rule out all other possibilities.