Need help with bsod chapter 2

Sure, as long as you have enough space for it.

also the bios update they put on would this be affected in any way? i found the old factory restore discs i made when i got the pc would these be different to the system now since it came out of repair?

Nope, the BIOS is outside of Windows. You can reformat all you want and the BIOS will not be changed.

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i thought so. thanks for all your advice i will update when i get feedback from the techs who fixed the machine im sure they will if i ask again. i have done the system image it did not take long better safe than sorry

hi everyone:)
no news from the tech team but the machine is ticking along fine no probs the new graphics card and network card are just fantastic bits of kit>

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(ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5550 Graphics)

Great news. Thanks for the update! :)

hi carl,
hope you had a good break:) yeah everything is running ok i made a partition on the c drive for data, windows 7 tools in the operating system are pretty smooth i have lots of friends that use 3rd party (like i have to) but i found windows to be ok they have improved so much with 7 i am well impressed with the security essentials works well (i got my money back on the bitdefender what the gf got me) it does not use a lot of memory and the update definitions are always coming in (microsoft updates even remind as well!) i emailed the tech guys cause i could not speak to them in person so i dont no if i will get a reply or not about what they done. the bios has been updated for sure, its the same latest one as on the Packard Bell support site for this machine. all my external devices are working ok and i ran a performance test and it came out ok its nice working on the pc now without the fear of the BSOD! i got lots of work done now (had to catch up on stuff due to the last few months).


http://www.howstuffworks.com/bios.htm

hi every one i found this tool when surfing and thought it may be of interest to BSOD probs
Resplendence Software - Free Downloads

Thanks Brian. Actually, WhoCrashed is based off of Windbg, which we use. We prefer to go to Windbg directly, just for accuracy's sake. WhoCrashed doesn't give nearly as much information as Windbg itself.

Basically, it takes the Windbg output and organizes it in a way easy to see key parts.

everything is running well still, i have upgraded the cooling today> 1 Bay Cooler> 1 System Blower >1 80mm Case Fan (when it arrives i am fitting a Akasa hard drive cooler too) i still cant believe the machine only came with a cpu fan! not sure if i mentioned this in earlier posts? when i asked them about it "they all are like that now" i was told utter rubbish i told them, what brought it to my attention was my hard drive running in critical 54c and since i put new fans in its steady at 43c-44c and the cpu temps come down by 5c.